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Unit 5a: Keeping HealthyThe Heart and Lungs Key Stage 2: Year 5 Science by Mrs. Chapman, 2005 Greet School, Birmingham Introduction 1 The human body 2 What does the heart do? 3 Heart key facts 4 Heart health 5 What do the lungs do? 6 Lungs key facts 7 The circulation 8 Pulse and exercise 9 Pulse rate data 10 How do I look after them? Heart and lungs quiz Links for further study The human body Your body is very special. We need to look after our bodies to stay healthy. Although we may look still and quiet on the outside, our body is constantly moving and changing inside. Can you find the brain, the heart and the lungs? What does the heart do? Your heart, made of muscle, pumps blood around your body via blood vessels (tubes). The heart is inside your chest, protected by bones - the ribs and breast bone. When the heart pumps, it beats - we measure the heartbeat via the pulse - easily found on your wrist and neck. Blood carries oxygen to the parts of the body that need it. Heart key facts Your heart is about the size of your fist. In most adults it beats about 70 times a minute (70 bpm). In children and small animals, the heart beats faster. The first heart transplant was in 1967. You cannot normally live for more than 5 minutes if your heart stops beating. Heart disease is the number 1 killer in the western world! Doctors examine your heart by taking the pulse (to see how fast it’s beating), ECGs (special electrical rhythm charts), x-rays and scans including ultrasound (like an unborn baby scan). Heart health What do the lungs do? Your lungs receive the air you breathe in through your nose. When you breathe in, the lungs puff-out or inflate, and deflate when you breathe out. From the air, they take the useful part - oxygen (a gas), and convert it for use in the body via the bloodstream. The blood swaps carbon dioxide (the waste material) for oxygen in the lungs. This is why the lungs are often said to convert gases. Lungs key facts The circulation Blood (wi