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Question for those medical HN ppl: What is definition of organ? I mean before when people were doing surgeries and slicing through interstitium, mesentery or

Question for those medical HN ppl: What is definition of organ? I mean before when people were doing surgeries and slicing through interstitium, mesentery or different glands, were surgeon thinking "i will just slice through this slimy thing that does not do anything" or there was more thought about it? Before people were removing on regular bases appendix or tonsil, now understanding about the role has changed... so How does something becomes an organ after 100 years of modern technology? Just to clarify I meant would it be possible in future that part of let say heart could become an organ?

iguy 6y ago
Not a medical person, but I think this is much like asking "what's a species?". Nature is clearly clumpy, your body has one heart & two lungs & they have obviously different tissues & purposes. But precisely how many organs, and precisely where you draw the divides, is something we don't have sharp answers to. We adjust as we go along.
- saalweachter 6y ago
  To add on to this, the question becomes "Is it useful to treat this part as a separate organ (sometimes)?"