The human body
ScienceGrades 3–624 clues and answers
Organs, bones, blood vessels and the jobs they do: twenty-four clues that describe what each part does, from the heart and lungs to the kidneys, capillaries and joints. Good for a body-systems review; Talk Around It works especially well, because describing an organ's job is exactly the skill students need.
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| Clue | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pumps blood around the body | Heart |
| 2 | Fill with air when you breathe in | Lungs |
| 3 | The control center that thinks and remembers | Brain |
| 4 | Mixes food with juices to break it down | Stomach |
| 5 | The long, coiled tube where most food is absorbed | Small intestine |
| 6 | Takes water back from leftover food | Large intestine |
| 7 | Filter waste out of the blood to make urine | Kidneys |
| 8 | The largest organ, covering the outside of the body | Skin |
| 9 | The body's frame of bones | Skeleton |
| 10 | Pull on bones to make the body move | Muscles |
| 11 | Carries oxygen and nutrients around the body | Blood |
| 12 | The tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach | Esophagus |
| 13 | Stores urine until you use the bathroom | Bladder |
| 14 | The largest organ inside the body; it cleans the blood | Liver |
| 15 | Curved bones that protect the heart and lungs | Ribs |
| 16 | The bone that protects the brain | Skull |
| 17 | The column of bones down your back | Spine |
| 18 | Tubes that carry blood away from the heart | Arteries |
| 19 | Tubes that carry blood back to the heart | Veins |
| 20 | The tiniest blood vessels | Capillaries |
| 21 | The muscle you use to taste | Tongue |
| 22 | Where two bones meet, like a knee or an elbow | Joint |
| 23 | Carry messages between the brain and the body | Nerves |
| 24 | The gas your body needs from the air | Oxygen |