Internal Parts of the Body

Internal Parts of the Body

• heart - your heart pumps your blood around your body.
• lungs - when you breathe, the air goes into your lungs.
• veins - these transport blood through your body. They are like little tubes.
• brain - this is your 'thinking machine' inside your head.
• throat - food goes down this to get to your stomach.
• liver - the organ that cleans your blood.
• stomach - your food goes here when you swallow it.
• kidneys - the organs that process all your body waste.
• skeleton - all of the bones in your body.
• ribs - these are the bones that protect the organs in your chest.
• bones - your skeleton consists of many bones. There are about 206 in your body.
• skin - it covers almost the entire body and helps keep all the organs and muscles in place.