Body Organization

Sister Ilse Gabriela

7th grade Science
Learning Objective
▪ Students will gather and synthesize information
to identify the levels of organization in the
body.
How Is Your Body Organized?
▪ The bell rings- lunchtime! You hurry to the cafeteria, fill
your tray, and pay to the cashier. You look for your
friends. Then you walk to the table, sit down, and
begin to eat.
▪ THINK: How many parts of your body were involved in
this simple act of getting and eating your food?
How Is Your Body Organized?
▪ The levels of organization in the human body
consists of cells, tissues, organs and organ
systems.
 ▪ A cell is the basic unit of structure and function in a living
thing. The human body contains about 100 trillion tiny cells.
Most cannot be seen without a microscope.
Functions of Cells:
Structure of Cells: Cells carry on the
process that keep
The cell membrane organisms alive. Cells
forms the outside of also grow, reproduce,
the border of a cell. The and get rid of the
nucleus directs the waste products that
CELLS

cell's activities and result from these

holds information that activities.
controls a cell's
function. The rest of
the cell is called
cytoplasm.
 ▪ A tissue is a group of similar cells that perform the same
function. There are several types of tissue:

1. Muscle tissue: Can contract, or shorten.

This tissue makes parts of your body move.
2. Nervous tissue: Directs and controls the
TISSUES

process. It carries electrical messages back

and forth between the brain and other body
parts.
3. Connective tissue: Provides support for
your body and connects all its parts.
4. Epithelial tissue: Covers the surfaces of
your body, inside and out.
 ▪ An organ is a structure that is made up of different kind
soft tissue. The job of an organ is more complex than
that of a tissue.
Epithelial Tissue:
Covers the inside surfaces of the
heart and the blood vessels that
lead into and out of the heart.

Nervous Tissue:
ORGANS

Carries electrical messages from

the brain to the heart.

Muscle Tissue:
Contracts, squeezing the
heart so blood can keep
running.
 ▪ Group of organs that work together, carrying out major
functions.
SYSTEMS
 ▪ Starting with cells, the
ORGANISMS

levels of organization in an
organism become more
and more complex. A
tissue is more complex
than a cell, an organ is
more complex than a
tissue, and so on.
Apply it!
Compare the levels of organization in this book to those in
the human body. Draw the lines to show which part of this
book best models a level in the body.

Organism Lessons

Organ Systems Book

Organs Words

Tissues Chapters

Cells Paragraphs
 Assignment
Choose ONE of the Body Systems listed above and make a 10 slide PPT.
This presentation slide should include: Your name and grade, name of body system,
structures, functions, images related to this system and an interesting fact. NOTE:
Once you are done with your presentation you will upload it in Google Classroom,
under the Assignment called: Body Organization.
Skeletal System
Integumentary System
Muscular System
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Digestive System
Excretory System
Nervous System
Endocrine System
Reproductive System