What are Organs?

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What are Organs? Organs are the main functions of everyone’s body, such as the brain, stomach, or heart. A organ is a differentiated part of the body made up of tissues and adapted to perform a specific function or group of functions. The major organs of everyone’s body are in the muscular, nervous, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and the reproductive systems.

The muscular system includes the organs that make us capable of moving, also to hold our body together. The muscular organs also move parts of skeleton, pump the blood in our body, and help the movement of internal materials. The organs of the nervous system are; nerves and sense organs, the brain, and spinal cord. These organs help the systems receive stimuli from external and internal environment, conduct impulses, and integrate activities of other systems. The endocrine system is made up of the pituitary, the adrenal, thyroid, and other ductless glands. This system regulates the body chemistry and many body functions. The circulatory system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood cells. These organs transport materials from one part of the body to another and they defend the body from diseases. The Respiratory system is made up of the lungs and the air passageways, which help this system exchange gases between the blood and external environment. The digestive system consists of the following organs; your mouth, the esophagus, the stomach, intestines, liver, and the pancreas. These organs ingest and digest foods, and absorb them to your blood. The urinary system has the following organs; the kidney, bladder, and associated ducts. The urinary system excretes metabolic wastes, it removes substances present in excess from blood. The reproductive system consists of the following organs; testes, ovaries, and associated structures. The organs in this system provide the continuation of species. Those are the main organs of everyone’s body.

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What are Organs?
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