The human body has 70 organs, here's the biggest Anna Kaufman Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function.

Weighing around 3 to 3.5 pounds (1.4 to 1.6 kg), the liver is the second heaviest organ in the human body, ... (230 to 280 g) in female adults, according to Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body. ...

Human Anatomy - Organs Click on the labels below to find out more about your organs. More human anatomy diagrams: nervous system , skeleton , front view of muscles , back view of muscles ...

In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

The human body is made up of interconnected systems, such as the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and nervous systems, which perform specific functions. Organs are ...

A new organ has been discovered hiding in plain sight inside the human body. Known as the mesentery, it was previously thought to be just a few fragmented structures in the digestive system.

The study of human anatomy reaches back thousands of years, to the Romans and Greeks. Herophilus, the Greek anatomist, is considered the first to take a scalpel to skin to see how our bodies work ...

Either way, its understanding means "a significant reassessment of anatomy affecting every organ of the body," said one of the lead authors, Neil D. Theise, a pathology professor at New York ...

The interstitium could be key to understanding how cancer spreads in the body, ... be regarded as the body's 80th organ. ... on fixed tissue on microscope slides to study the human anatomy.

Theise suggests the interstitium fits all the criteria for the definition of an organ, potentially making it the 80th organ to be classified in the human body. "The definition of 'organ' is ...