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Brain is located inside our head. It controls all the functions of
our body. It is surrounded and protected by a bony structure
called skull. Brain sends messages to diff erent parts of our body

and helps us to think, feel, show diff erent emotions, remember
things and many more.

Heart lies in the chest cavity between the two lungs and is
slightly tilted towards the left. It is protected inside our ribcage.
It beats throughout the life of a human and pumps blood to all

the body parts.

Liver lies on the right side of our Did You Know!

abdomen behind the ribs. It produces Liver is the largest
juices that help in the breakdown of internal organ of the
human body.
food in the body. It also cleans our blood.

Stomach and Intestines help in the digestion of food
stomach
we eat. Stomach is a bag-like ‘J-shaped’ organ. It is large intestine
present below the chest. It helps in the breakdown
of food into smaller pieces which is then digested in small intestine

the intestine.

Small intestine and large intestine are present below

the stomach. They further breakdown the food into
simpler substances. These substances are used by

our body for growth, and to do various works.

Kidneys are located inside our abdomen. We have two

kidneys. They fi lter and remove wastes from the blood.
These wastes are given out of the body in the form of
kidneys urine.

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