Organ Functions

for 5th Graders

Brain
Controls Balance, Movement,
& Coordination

Heart
Pumps blood through your
body & provides oxygen

Lungs
Pushes Oxygen in and CO2 out
Helps us breathe in and out

Stomach
Stores and breaks down food

Spleen
Acts as a filter for your blood,
fights off invading germs
 Kidney
Produces urine to remove
toxic waste from the
body

Liver
Cleans the blood, helps digest
food,
& stores energy

Bladder
Holds pee until it's time
to go to the bathroom.

Intestines
Small: Most digestion takes place
& where nutrients from the
broken down food gets absorbed
into your body. (Peach Color)
Large: absorbs water and salts from the
material that has not been digested as food,
& gets rid of any waste products left over.
(Pink Color)

ANATOMY
FUN FACT:
There are a total of 78
organs in your body!