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how manyorgans in our body ? and also how its works?

how manyorgans in our body ? and also how its works?
 

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Anjali Ahuja
askIITians Faculty 234 Points
8 years ago
Hello student
Do you know what is organ?
Well it is a group of tissues which are involved in same kind of function.
A group of organ forms the organ system.
E.g. nose is an organ but it is part of respiratory system which is a type of organ system.
There are mainle 5 vital organ present in the body. They all are part of certain organ system. These are heart, kidneys, lungs, liver & brain & they form different organ system.
If we count, there are approximately 78 organs present in the body. Some of the examples are
  • Anus
  • Appendix
  • Bladder
  • Bones
  • Bronchi
  • Ears
  • Esophagus
  • Eyes
  • Gall Bladder
  • Genitals
  • Heart
  • Hypothalamus
  • Kidneys
  • Large Intestine
  • Larynx (voice box)
  • Liver
  • Lungs
  • Lymph Nodes
  • Mouth
  • Nose
  • Pancreas
  • Parathyroid Glands
  • Rectum
  • Salivary Glands
  • Skeletal Muscleas
  • Skin
  • Small Intestine
  • Spinal Cord
  • Thymus Gland
  • Trachea
  • Thyroid
  • Ureters
  • Urethra
Prabhakar ch
577 Points
8 years ago
This is a tricky question. Strictly speaking, an organ is a structure that comprises at least two kinds of tissue that function together for a common purpose. Taking this definition some people would say we have 78

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