Structure and Function of Life

A part of an organism that carries out a special task to help it survive (stomach, kidney, liver)

• health

• organ

• organism

• anatomy

Allows organisms to breathe (take in oxygen)

• Nervous System

• Muscular System

• Respiratory System

• Digestive System

Provides support and protection for the body (includes bones)

• Skeletal system

• Muscular System

• Human body

• body System

Processes food and allows it to be changed into energy for the body.

• Respiratory System

• Muscular System

• Digestive system

• Circulatory system

Group of similar organs that help organisms live

• lungs

• blood

• organ system

• brain

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The central organ in the circulatory system

• heart

• blood

• brain

• lungs

The fluid that circulates oxygen through the body.

• water

• transport

• blood

• spinal cord

Part of the respiratory system; used for breathing

• nose

• lungs

• brain

• oxygen

Processes food and absorbs nutrients

• energy

• circulation

• small intestine

• large intestine

Begins to process food after it leaves the esophagus

• intestines

• nose

• brain

• stomach

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