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6 Living Machine

The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists

of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. The human body is the only
machine for which there are no spare parts.

Match the following vital body parts with the organs they are associated

with. Also, match them with their functions.

1. PACEMAKER a) Eye i) It registers the picture
A kind of battery and sends signals to the
brain.

ii) They exchange oxygen
b) Heart
2. TASTE BUDS and carbon dioxide
Tiny bumps
when you breathe in.

iii) It initiates heartbeats
to pump blood all
3. ALVEOLI c) Bone
Minute air sacs around the body.

iv) It enables you to taste
things whether they
BOWMAN’S CAPSULE
4. are sour, bitter, sweet
A little cup d) Tongue
or salty.

v) It is the body’s factory
5. MARROW where all blood cells
Soft, jelly-like tissue e) Lungs are made.

vi) It is the main part for
hearing sounds.
COCHLEA
6.
A spiral tube f) Ear vii) They filter body’s
blood to remove
wastes like urea, etc.
RETINA and save useful
7.
Lining of light-sensitive cells g. Kidney substances like glucose

and amino acids.

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