organ functions

liver

filters and removes harmful substances like alochol, drugs from the blood, produces bile, stores glucose as glycogen, converts ammonia to urea

kidneys

remove toxins from blood (urea and creatinine) and eliminate them through urine. regulate fluid balence, electrolyte balence, blood pressure regulation

spleen

filters blood for damaged red blood cells, white blood cells, removes them from circulation, it also stores blood.

Lung

gas exchange. facilitates transfer of oxygen from the air into the blood, and carbon dioxide from the blood gets expelled from the body.

Heart

circulates/pumps blood throughout the entire body. ensures that oxygenated blood gets to all of the organs/tissues, and that deoxygenated gets taken back to the lungs to get oxygenated again.

small intestine

absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream=main function

cecum

absorb the liquids and salts that remain after digestion (called chyme), microbrial fermentation, vitamin production, intiation of feces formation

large intestine

absorb water and electrolytes from undigested food, forming fecal matter

gonads

produce gametes and sex hormones

hippocampus

declaritive memories, converts short term memory to long term

cerebellum

coordinated movement