Organ
Of body part.
A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
This concept's ID is @1~28960
Contains
- sense organ
An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth)...
- lobe
(anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe".
- internal organ
A main organ that is situated inside the body.
- wing
A movable organ for flying (one of a pair).
- organelle
A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified...
- reproductive organ
Any organ involved in sexual reproduction.
- gland
Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through...
- speech organ
Any of the organs involved in speech production.
- erectile organ
An organ containing erectile tissue.
- end organ
A specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers.
- lens
Biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea)...
- external organ
An organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body.
- foot
Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates.
- sucker
An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction.
- stinger
A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected...
- clapper
A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral c...
- contractile organ
A bodily organ that contracts.
- siphon
A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be...
- target organ
(radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substa...
- ovipositor
Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some...
- primordium
An organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent develop...
- vital organ
A bodily organ that is essential for life.
- effector
An organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses.
- ctene
A locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
- taret organ
(endocrinology) organ most affected by a particular hormone.