Organ | |
---|---|
Details | |
Pronunciation | awr-guh n [1] |
System | Organ systems |
Identifiers | |
Latin | organi |
Greek | Οργανο |
FMA | 67498 |
Anatomical terminology |
Structure
Tissue[edit]
Organ systems[edit]
Function[edit]
Animals[edit]
- Cardiovascular system: pumping and channeling blood to and from the body and lungs with heart, blood and blood vessels.
- Digestive system: digestion and processing food with salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestines, colon, rectum and anus.
- Endocrine system: communication within the body using hormones made by endocrine glands such as the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal body or pineal gland, thyroid, parathyroids and adrenals, i.e., adrenal glands.
- Excretory system: kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra involved in fluid balance, electrolyte balance and excretion of urine.
- Lymphatic system: structures involved in the transfer of lymph between tissues and the blood stream, the lymph and the nodes and vessels that transport it including the Immune system: defending against disease-causing agents with leukocytes, tonsils, adenoids, thymus and spleen.
- Integumentary system: skin, hair and nails of mammals. Also scales of fish, reptiles, and birds, and feathers of birds.
- Muscular system: movement with muscles.
- Nervous system: collecting, transferring and processing information with brain, spinal cord and nerves.
- Reproductive system: the sex organs, such as ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vulva, vagina, testes, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis.
- Respiratory system: the organs used for breathing, the pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs and diaphragm.
- Skeletal system: structural support and protection with bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons.
Plants[edit]
Society and culture[edit]
History[edit]
Antiquity[edit]
Planet | Organ |
Sun | Heart |
Moon | Brain |
Mercury | Lungs |
Venus | Kidneys |
Mars | Gall bladder |
Jupiter | Liver |
Saturn | Spleen |
Modern times[edit]
Origin and evolution[edit]
©Aah.Towfiq
®Atps.Plus™call:- +8801978698786
Comments
Post a Comment
Here all information related to medical and doctoral health is published. Visit any of these languages in your language to see your language.