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Egg drop soup is best known as a Chinese soup of beaten eggs, chicken broth, and boiled water. Condiments such as table salt, black pepper, and scallions are also commonly added. The soup is finished by adding a thin stream of beaten eggs to the boiling broth, creating thin, silken strands of cooked egg that float in the soup. Egg drop soup using a different recipe is also known as a simple soup
System: Nervous

Location: Inside your skull

Physical description: Pale grey, the size of a small cauliflower and the texture of pate

Function: To control your body and house your mind

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System: Respiratory

Location: In your chest, inside your rib cage

Physical description: Large, rounded, light, spongy, inflatable organs

Function: To deliver oxygen to and remove carbon dioxide from your blood
Network of airways

Your lungs are a pair of large sponge-like organs that almost fill your chest cavity. Your left lung is slightly smaller than your right lung, to make space
A fortune cookie is a crisp Asian American cookie usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and oil with a "fortune" wrapped inside.
A "fortune" is a piece of paper with words of faux wisdom or a vague prophecy.
System: Digestive

Location: Abdomen

Physical description: A five metre long narrow tube that hangs in sausage-like coils

Function: Chemical digestion of food and absorption of nutrients into your blood
Longest section of your digestive tract

Your small intestine is around five metres long, making it the longest section of your digestive tract. Although it is longer than your large in
System: Lymphatic (infection fighting)

Location: Left hand side of your body, between your stomach and diaphragm

Physical description: Fist-shaped

Function: Cleaning your blood, destroying old red blood cells and fighting infection.
Filtering blood

Your spleen acts as a filter for your blood, cleansing it of bacteria, viruses and other debris. When blood flows through your spleen, wh
System: Integumentary

Location: All over your body

Physical description: Flat, pliable and tough, between 0.5 and 4mm thick

Function: To protect your body from damage, infection and drying out
Largest organ

Your skin is your largest organ. It covers your entire body and has a surface area of around 2 square metres. Its thickness varies from 0.5mm on your eyelids to 4mm or more on the
System: Digestive

Location: Behind the stomach and level with the top of the small intestine

Physical description: Pistol-shaped

Function: Secreting digestive enzymes and hormones that control blood sugar levels
Digestion

When you eat, your pancreas releases digestive juices through a duct into your duodenum - the first part of your small intestine. This fluid is rich in enzymes that
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