2.1.8 Internal organs

Use this domain for words referring to the internal organs.

  • What general words refer to the internal organs?
    organ, internal organ, gut, gland, system, systemic, vascular system, vas, cortex, sac,
  • What are the names of each of the internal organs?
    liver, hepatic, appendix, gall bladder, pancreas, pancreatic, spleen, lymphatic, lymph node, peritoneum,
  • What are the parts of the lungs?
    lung, pulmonary system, lobe, sack, diaphragm, respiratory system,
  • What are the parts of the intestines?
    intestine, intestinal tract, gut, bowel, small intestine, large intestine, colon, transverse colon, rectum, anus
  • What are the parts of the kidneys and bladder?
    kidney, bladder, urethra, ureter, urinary, nephritic, renal,
  • What words refer to the glands?
    adrenal, endocrine, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, sweat gland, salivary gland, mammary gland, hormone, hormonal,
  • What are the parts of the throat?
    throat, trachea, esophagus, Adam's apple, bronchus, bronchial, windpipe, pharyngeal, pharynx, gullet, epiglottis, glottal, glottis, laryngeal, larynx,
  • What are the parts of the nervous system?
    brain, spinal column, spinal cord, nerve, nervous, nerve ending, synapse, synaptic, cerebellum, cerebrum, ganglion, hypothalamus, neural, neuron,
  • 2.1.8.1 Heart

    Use this domain for functions of the heart and blood veins.

  • What are the parts of the heart?
    heart, chamber, atrium, ventricle, valve, cardiac,
  • What are the parts of the blood vessels?
    circulatory system, blood vessel, aorta, vein, venous, artery, arterial, capillary, jugular, pericardium, pericardial,
  • What words refer to the heart beating?
    beat (v), thump, throb,
  • What words refer to the heart beating quickly?
    pound, race, rapid heart beat,
  • What words refer to the heart beating in a bad way?
    heart murmur, irregular heart beat, skip a beat,
  • What words refer to the heartbeat?
    beat (n), heartbeat, pulse, rhythm,
  • What words refer to listening to the heart beating?
    take someone's pulse, listen to someone's heartbeat, feel for a pulse,
  • What words refer to the heart moving blood?
    pump,
  • What words refer to blood moving through the veins?
    flow, circulate, blood pressure,
  • What words refer to the heart stopping?
    stop beating, heart attack,
  • 2.1.8.2 Stomach

    Use this domain for words referring to the stomach and to the normal functions of the stomach. Do not use this domain for stomach illness.

  • What are the parts of the stomach?
    stomach, tummy, digestive tract, lining,
  • What does the stomach do?
    digest (food), digestion, burp, hunger, be empty, be full, distend, fill with gas
  • What noises does the stomach make?
    rumble, grumble, gurgle
  • What words refer to the contents of the stomach?
    contents (of the stomach), undigested food, acid, digestive juices, gas,
  • What words describe something to do with the stomach?
    gastric, gastrointestinal, abdominal,
  • 2.1.8.3 Male organs

    Use this domain for words related to the male reproductive organs.

  • What general words refer to the reproductive organs?
    reproductive organs, sexual organs, genitals, gonad, pubes, privates,
  • What words refer to the male organs?
    penis, scrotum, testicle, testis, foreskin, loins
  • What do the male organs do?
    swell, enlarge, erect, erection, ejaculate, ejaculation,
  • What words refer to the liquid produced?
    semen, sperm, seminal,
  • What words describe something to do with the male organs?
    reproductive, genital, sexual,
  • 2.1.8.4 Female organs

    Use this domain for words related to the female reproductive organs and a woman's monthly menstrual cycle. Some of these terms may be taboo. Care must be exercised in which terms are included in the dictionary. A group of women should decide which terms are 'public' and can go in the dictionary, and which would be considered taboo, overly crude, or embarrassing. For example some societies have been afraid that their women will be taken advantage of if these terms are known.

    OMC Codes: 
    841 Menstruation
  • What words refer to the female organs?
    breast, nipple, vagina, clitoris, uterus, womb, ovary, egg, vulva, labia majora, labia minora, vestibule, genitals, private parts,
  • What words refer to a woman's monthly menstrual cycle?
    menstrual cycle
  • What words refer to the time of bleeding?
    menstruate, period, having (your) period, time of month, menstruation,
  • What words refer to the discharge?
    menses,
  • What materials are used by women to absorb the discharge?
    sanitary towel, sanitary napkin, tampon, pad, menstrual cloth,
  • What words describe something to do with the female organs?
    reproductive, genital, sexual, vaginal, menstrual,
  • What words refer to the time in a woman's life when she stops menstruating?
    menopause,