Human Body

What is the job of the mouth?

• The muscles squeeze and mix food with digestive juices made in the lining. When food leaves it is a thick liquid.

• Teeth tear, cut, and grind food. This is where the salivary glands are located.

• Foods that cannot be digested are stored here.

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What is the job of the espohagus?

• Muscles contract and relax to push swallowed food down toward the stomach.

• Food that cannot be digested is stored here.

• Juices are made in the lining to mix with food. These juices change food into nutrients.

What is the job of the stomach?

• Juices are made in the lining to mix with food. These juices change food into nutrients.

• Muscles contract and relax to push swallowed food down toward the stomach.

• The muscles squeeze and mix food with digestive juices made in the lining. When food leaves it is a thick liquid.

What is the job of the small intestine?

• Teeth tear, cut and grind food. This is where the salivary glands are located.

• Muscles contract and relax to push swallowed food down toward the stomach.

• Juices are made in the lining to mix with food. These juices change food into nutrients.

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What is the job of the large intestine?

• Food that cannot be digested is stored here.

• Juices are made in the lining to mix with food. These juices change food into nutrients.

• The muscles squeeze and mix food with digestive juices made in the lining. When food leaves it is a thick liquid.

What is the job of the white blood cells?

• carry oxygen to other body parts

• fights germs

• helps stop bleeding

• carries blood to the heart

What is the job of red blood cells?

• fights germs

• carries oxygen to other body cells

• helps stop bleeding

• the watery part of the blood that carries nutrients

What is the job of the arteries?

• Carries blood to the heart

• Carries blood away from the heart

• Carries oxygen to other body cells

• Helps stop bleeding

What is the job of plasma?

• to carry oxygen to other body cells

• the carry blood away from the heart

• the watery part of the blood that carries nutrients

• to fight germs

What is the job of the veins?

• to carry blood to the heart

• to carry blood away from the heart

• to carry oxygen to other body cells

• to help stop bleeding