What is the definition of organ in the human body?

Answer 1

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government., A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants., A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine., A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc., A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ., To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Answer 2

Body organs are parts of the body, including the heart, brain, kidney, lungs, etc., which perform one or more functions in the body.

Answer 3

collection of tissue that performs a particular function in the body.

Answer 4

Organs are groups of tissues which work together to achieve a function.

Answer 5

Your internal organs are all the organs on the inside of your body. These include the lungs, liver, heart and stomach.

Answer 6

That is the term. It comes from the Greek word organon. It means to describe more abstract parts of an interconnected whole. The whole in this case is the body.