The Body Organs

Topic: The Human Body
Sub-topic: Organ Systems


1. a) State what would happen if an organ malfunctioned.
- If an organ malfunctions, the entire organ system would be affected. This is so because, each organ is needed to carry out a several functions and if it does not, disrupts the natural process of the organ system which can lead to serious complications.

1. b) Give one example of a disease due to organ malfunction and describe the symptoms.
-A disease due to organ malfunction is : Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED), it is an inflammatory condition of the inner ear that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks cells in the inner ear mistaken for a virus or bacteria. The symptoms are : - hearing loss in one ear progressing rapidly to the second ear.
- - patients may feel “fullness” in the ear and experience vertigo
- - experiencing a ringing, roaring or hissing in one ear.
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2. a) If some poison is poured at the root of a plant to stop the root from functioning, what system might it affect?
- This might affect the root system.

2. b) If this system malfunctions, will it affect the plant? Explain.
- If the root system malfunctions it will affect the plant because the root system is the plant’s main way of obtaining nutrients (along with leaves that absorb the nutrients from sunlight). If the plant doesn’t have these essential nutrients it will die.

Conclusion :

3. a) Does the malfunctioning of an organ affect the system it belongs to?
- Yes, the malfunctioning of an organ affects the organ system that it belongs to.

3 b) Does it affect the organism?
- Yes it does affect the organism (because if the systems of the organism do not work then it can lead to health problems or possibly death.)