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The organ level of organization in the body may be the most familiar to us from our everyday experiences. Many of the common ailments we hear about\u2014an upset stomach, a broken bone, lung disease, skin cancer\u2014are named for the organs they affect.<\/p>\r\n

An organ is made up of tissues that work together to perform a specific function for the body as a whole. Groups of organs that perform related functions are organized into organ systems, which perform more general functions. The table below describes the structures and functions of some common organs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Table 1: Organs, Functions, Tissues, and Systems Parts<\/caption>\r\n
Organ<\/th>\r\nPrimary function(s)<\/th>\r\nTissues it contains<\/th>\r\nOrgan system(s) it is a part of<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
brain<\/td>\r\ncontrol of body systems and behavior; cognition<\/td>\r\nnervous, connective, epithelial<\/td>\r\nnervous system; endocrine system<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
skin<\/td>\r\nprotection; support and containment; temperature and fluid regulation<\/td>\r\nepithelial, nervous, connective, muscular<\/td>\r\nintegumentary system<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
stomach<\/td>\r\nchemical and mechanical digestion of food<\/td>\r\nepithelial, connective, muscular, nervous<\/td>\r\ndigestive system<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
sternum (breastbone)<\/td>\r\nsupport; protection; blood cell production<\/td>\r\nepithelial, connective, nervous<\/td>\r\nskeletal system; immune system; cardiovascular system<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
kidney<\/td>\r\nwaste removal; fluid regulation<\/td>\r\nepithelial, connective, nervous<\/td>\r\nurinary system<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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The organ level of organization in the body may be the most familiar to us from our everyday experiences. Many of the common ailments we hear about\u2014an upset stomach, a broken bone, lung disease, skin cancer\u2014are named for the organs they affect.<\/p>\n

An organ is made up of tissues that work together to perform a specific function for the body as a whole. Groups of organs that perform related functions are organized into organ systems, which perform more general functions. The table below describes the structures and functions of some common organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Table 1: Organs, Functions, Tissues, and Systems Parts<\/caption>\n
Organ<\/th>\nPrimary function(s)<\/th>\nTissues it contains<\/th>\nOrgan system(s) it is a part of<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
brain<\/td>\ncontrol of body systems and behavior; cognition<\/td>\nnervous, connective, epithelial<\/td>\nnervous system; endocrine system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
skin<\/td>\nprotection; support and containment; temperature and fluid regulation<\/td>\nepithelial, nervous, connective, muscular<\/td>\nintegumentary system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
stomach<\/td>\nchemical and mechanical digestion of food<\/td>\nepithelial, connective, muscular, nervous<\/td>\ndigestive system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sternum (breastbone)<\/td>\nsupport; protection; blood cell production<\/td>\nepithelial, connective, nervous<\/td>\nskeletal system; immune system; cardiovascular system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kidney<\/td>\nwaste removal; fluid regulation<\/td>\nepithelial, connective, nervous<\/td>\nurinary system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-218","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":117,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/revisions\/798"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/117"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bio106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}