#internal_organ__viscus a main organ that is situated inside the body
supertype: #organ a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
subtype: #viscera__entrail__innard internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"
subtype: #excretory_organ__excretoryorgan__urinary_organ__urinaryorgan an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them
subtype: #flame_cell__flamecell organ of excretion in flatworms
subtype: #kidney either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder
subtype: #gallbladder a muscular sac attached to the liver that secretes bile and stores it until needed for digestion
subtype: #liver large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
subtype: #heart.internal_organ__pump__ticker the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
subtype: #athlete's_heart enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance
subtype: #biauriculate_heart a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) have two auricles
subtype: #tummy__stomach__tum__breadbasket an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
subtype: #craw__crop a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
subtype: #rumen__first_stomach__firststomach the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
subtype: #second_stomach__reticulum the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
subtype: #psalterium__omasum__third_stomach__thirdstomach the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
subtype: #abomasum__fourth_stomach the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
subtype: #respiratory_organ__respiratoryorgan any organ involved in the process of respiration
subtype: #branchia__gill respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
subtype: #ctenidium comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks
subtype: #ceras__cera one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills
subtype: #external_gill occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians
subtype: #lung either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
subtype: #book_lung organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book
subtype: #intestine__bowel__gut the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
subtype: #small_intestine__smallintestine the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed
subtype: #duodenum the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum
subtype: #jejunum the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum
subtype: #ileum the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum
subtype: #large_intestine__largeintestine beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
subtype: #colon the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
subtype: #megacolon an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
subtype: #transverse_colon the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
subtype: #ascending_colon__ascendingcolon the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
subtype: #descending_colon the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
subtype: #sigmoid_colon__sigmoidcolon__sigmoid_flexure__sigmoidflexure the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
subtype: #hindgut the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
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