The human body contains five organs that are considered vital for survival. They are the heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and lungs. The locations of these five organs and several other internal organs are shown in Figure 10.4.
The 8 body systems are, circulatory, immune, skeletal, excretory, muscular, endocrine, digestive, nervous and respiratory.
TCM divides the human organic system into five organs, i.e., the liver, heart, pancreas (including spleen), lung, and kidney, which correspond to wood-, fire-, earth-, metal-, and water-type, respectively.
Five major Yin organs are Heart, Lung, Spleen, Liver, and Kidney. Five major Yang organs are Small intestine, Triple Heater, Large intestine, Gallbladder, and Urinary Bladder.
They are Integumentary System, Skeletal System, Muscular System, Nervous System, Endocrine System, Cardiovascular System, Lymphatic System, Respiratory System, Digestive System, Urinary System, and Reproductive System (Female and Male).
Types of Organs
Integumentary (skin, hair, nails) Skeletal (bones) Muscular (smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles) Circulatory (heart, arteries, veins)
The ten largest organs in the body are – skin, liver, brain, lungs, heart, kidney, spleen, pancreas, thyroid and joints.
Your skin is the largest organ of your body. Did you know that your liver is the second largest? That makes it the largest solid internal organ you have, weighing in at 3-3.5 pounds.
The pineal gland is the smallest organ in the human body. The pineal gland is located near the center of the brain. The name pineal comes as pineal is a small pine-shaped gland. The pineal gland controls the body's internal clock since it regulates the daily rhythms of the body.
The skin is the body's largest organ.
The nine major organ systems in the human body are the integumentary system, the musculoskeletal system, the respiratory system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the excretory system, the nervous system, the endocrine system, and the reproductive system.
This chapter reveals that blood, which constitutes approximately 8% of human body weight, is one of the largest organs and the main means of transport for the exchange of substances between the organs. Blood plays an important role in the defense and repair processes of the body.
Bones are often thought of as static structures which only offer structural support. However, they truly function as an organ. Like other organs, bones are valuable and have many functions.
Types of Organs in a Human Body
Altogether there are seventy-eight main organs within the human body. These organs work in coordination to give rise to several organ systems. Among these 78 organs, five organs are considered vital for survival. These include the heart, brain, kidneys, liver and lungs.
Ten major systems include the skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and the reproductive system.
The 11 organ systems include the respiratory system, digestive and excretory system, circulatory system, urinary system, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, endocrine system, lymphatic system, nervous system, and reproductive systems. There are other systems in the body that are not organ systems.
The Five Phases: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water
These phases represent the seasons of the earth, characterized as wood, fire, earth,metal, and water. These elements correspond with the stages of human life: birth, growth, maturation, death, and rebirth.
The term zàng (脏) refers to the organs considered to be yin in nature – Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney – while fǔ (腑) refers to the yang organs – Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Gall Bladder, Urinary Bladder, Stomach and Sānjiaō.
TCM overview
The kidney (Shen) is a Zang organ meaning it is a Yin organ. The other Yin, or Zang, organs are the lungs (Fei), liver (Gan), spleen (Pi), and heart (Xin).
The 11 organ systems include the integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular system, urinary system, and reproductive systems.