organs

• brain


  The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the nervous system
• Pharynx


  throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx
• Larynx


  voice box; passageway for air moving from pharynx to trachea; contains vocal cords
• lymph nodes


  Bean-shaped filters that cluster along the lymphatic vessels of the body. They function as a cleanser of lymph as wells as a site of T and B cell activation
• heart


  A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
• Arteries


  Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
• muscles


  tissues or fibers that cause movement of body parts and organs
• liver


  produces bile
• Gallbladder


  stores and concentrates bile
• Kidneys


  Filter blood from the renal arteries and produce urine as waste
• skeleton


  The inner framework made up of all the bones of the body
• small intestine


  Digestive organ where most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place
• large intestine


  The last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body
• Lungs


  Main organs of the respiratory system
• spleen


  Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood cells
• bone marrow


  A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells
• stomach


  A muscular and elastic sac that serves mainly to store food, break it up mechanically, and begin chemical digestion of proteins and fat.
• Veins


  Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
• Pancreas


  Regulates the level of sugar in the blood
• urinary bladder


  stores urine