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.
