Organs Flashcards
Are body structures formed by several groups of tissues performing specific functions
Organs
The science which deals with the structures and functions of the organs
Organology
These are tubes for the passageway of blood
Blood vessels
It is a thick-walled blood vessel which carries oxygenated blood from the heart to different parts of the body. Blood flow is spurting
Artery
It is a thin-walled blood vessel which carries unoxygenated blood from the different parts of the body to the heart. Blood flow is oozing
Vein
They are small blood vessels interconnecting arteries and veins. These are where exchange of materials between blood and tissues take place
Capillaries
Serves mainly for protection, but it is also for respiration and water absorption for amphibians
Skin
This is a long coiled tube of the digestives tract where final digestion and absorption of food take place
Small intestine
This is a J-shaped digestives organ where partial digestion of food takes place
Stomach
This is the largest gland of the body secreting bile, an emulsifier for fat digestion
Liver
This is the main excretory organ which functions greatly to remove nitrogenous wastes through uriniferous tubules
Kidney
These are the gonads which produce gametes or sex cells and hormones for the development of secondary sexual characteristics
Reproductive organs
This is the female gonads which is a sac-like structure containing round bodies of various sizes, the egg cells
Ovary
This is the male gonad, mainly composed of seminiferous tubules covered by the outer visceral peritoneum and inner tunica albuginea
Testes
This structure is posteriorly connected to the brain and enclosed in the vertebral column
Spinal cord
