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Organs

Organ reference, parts, location, blood and nerve supply, function, and common diseases.

373 organs
96 organs in Abdomen  Clear ×
Organ Accessory Pancreatic Duct ductus pancreaticus accessorius Abdomen The accessory pancreatic duct (duct of Santorini) drains part of the head of the pancreas and…
Organ Angular Incisure incisura angularis Abdomen The angular incisure is a notch on the lesser curvature of the stomach that marks the…
Organ Ascending Colon colon ascendens Abdomen The ascending colon runs up the right side of the abdomen from the caecum to the…
Organ Ascending Part of the Duodenum pars ascendens duodeni Abdomen The ascending (fourth) part of the duodenum is short, about 2.5-5 cm, running up and to…
Organ Bare Area of the Liver area nuda hepatis Abdomen The bare area is a triangular part of the back of the liver that has no…
Organ Body of the Pancreas corpus pancreatis Abdomen The body of the pancreas runs from the neck to the left, crossing in front of…
Organ Body of the Stomach corpus gastricum Abdomen The body is the largest part of the stomach, lying between the fundus above and the…
Organ Bowel Muscularis Propria tunica muscularis propria intestini Abdomen The muscularis propria of the intestine is the functional motor apparatus of the gut, consisting of…
Organ Caecum caecum Abdomen The caecum is the blind-ended pouch at the start of the large intestine, lying in the…
Organ Cardia of the Stomach pars cardiaca gastris Abdomen The cardia is the small region of the stomach that surrounds the opening from the oesophagus…
Organ Caudate Lobe of the Liver lobus caudatus hepatis Abdomen The caudate lobe is a small lobe on the back of the liver, between the groove…
Organ Circular Folds of the Small Intestine plicae circulares Abdomen Circular folds (plicae circulares, valves of Kerckring) are permanent ridges of mucosa and submucosa that run…
Organ Collecting Duct ductus colligens Abdomen Collecting ducts receive fluid from many nephrons and run down through the medulla to open at…
Organ Common Bile Duct ductus choledochus Abdomen The common bile duct is formed by the union of the common hepatic and cystic ducts…
Organ Common Hepatic Duct ductus hepaticus communis Abdomen The common hepatic duct is formed at the porta hepatis by the union of the right…
Organ Cystic Duct ductus cysticus Abdomen The cystic duct connects the neck of the gallbladder to the common hepatic duct, and their…
Organ Descending Colon colon descendens Abdomen The descending colon runs down the left side of the abdomen from the left colic flexure…
Organ Descending Part of the Duodenum pars descendens duodeni Abdomen The descending part is the second part of the duodenum, about 7-10 cm long, running down…
Organ Distal Convoluted Tubule tubulus contortus distalis Abdomen The distal convoluted tubule is the short coiled segment that follows the loop of Henle back…
Organ Duodenojejunal Flexure flexura duodenojejunalis Abdomen The duodenojejunal flexure is the sharp bend where the retroperitoneal duodenum turns forward to become the…
Organ Duodenum duodenum Abdomen The duodenum is the first and shortest part of the small intestine, about 25 cm long,…
Organ Fetal Membranes membranae fetales Abdomen The fetal membranes are the two thin layers that form the sac around the fetus: the…
Organ Fibrous Capsule of the Liver capsula fibrosa perivascularis Abdomen The liver is wrapped in a thin connective tissue layer (Glisson capsule) beneath its peritoneal covering.…
Organ Fundus of the Stomach fundus gastricus Abdomen The fundus is the dome-shaped upper part of the stomach that rises above the level of…
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