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Biology and medicine

  • Organ (anatomy)
    Organ (anatomy)
    In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function. Usually there is a main tissue and sporadic tissues . The main tissue is the one that is unique for the specific organ. For example, main tissue in the heart is the myocardium, while sporadic are...

    , a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function
  • Organ pipe coral
    Organ pipe coral
    The Organ pipe coral is an alcyonarian coral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus Tubipora. This species is a soft coral but with a unique, hard skeleton of calcium carbonate that contains many...

    , a marine organism native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans
  • Stenocereus thurberi, the organ pipe cactus plant

Music

  • Organ (music)
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    , a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
    • Electronic organ
      Electronic organ
      An electronic organ is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally, it was designed to imitate the sound of pipe organs, theatre organs, band sounds, or orchestral sounds....

      , an electronic keyboard instrument
    • Pipe organ
      Pipe organ
      The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...

      , a musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air is driven through a series of pipes
    • Theatre organ
      Theatre organ
      A theatre organ is a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra. New designs have tended to be around some of the sounds and blends unique to the instrument itself....

      , a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra
  • The Organ
    The Organ
    The Organ was a Canadian indie pop band formed in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia. They officially broke up on December 7, 2006, due to illness and personal conflicts in the band.-Early years:...

    , an indie rock band

Organizations and government

  • Division (business)
    Division (business)
    A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name. It is the equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company obtaining a fictitious name or "doing business as" certificate and operating a business under that fictitious name...

     within an organization; i.e., Organs of United Nations
  • Organs of state, branches of power within a government
  • Organ, Hautes-Pyrénées
    Organ, Hautes-Pyrénées
    Organ is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...

    , a commune in France

Media

  • Organ (film)
    Organ (film)
    is a 1996 Japanese horror film directed by Kei Fujiwara. The film is written, produced and stars Kei who plays a member of the two organ thieves who harvest organs from their captives while they are still alive.-Plot:...

    , a 1996 Japanese film
  • Organ (magazine)
    Organ (magazine)
    Organ is an independent music magazine based in London, covering a variety of rock, alternative, punk, progressive, metal and experimental music. The magazine was founded in 1986 as a handmade fanzine and has evolved many times over the last 20 years...

    , a UK music magazine run by Organart
  • The Organ (newspaper)
    The Organ (newspaper)
    The Organ was a US counterculture underground newspaper which produced a total of 9 irregularly published issues in San Francisco in a 36-page folded tabloid format between July 1970 and July 1971. It featured two-color covers, black-and-white interiors and a double-page poster in each issue, and...

    , an underground newspaper published in San Francisco
  • Any official magazine
    Magazine
    Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

    , newsletter
    Newsletter
    A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newspapers and leaflets are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in...

    , or similar publication of an organization.
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