organ

collection of tissues with similar functions
Thing anatomical_structure_class_type Q712378
organ
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Summary

organ is an anatomical structure class type[1]. organ draws 6,600 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical structure class type category, ranking #7 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: particular anatomical entity[4], anatomical structure[5]
  • Part of: organism[6], organ system[7]
  • Commons category: Organs (anatomy)[8]
  • Has part(s): tissue[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Organs (anatomy)[10]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14], The Encyclopedia Americana[15]
  • Has characteristic: physiological functional capacity[16], organ type[17]
  • Different from: Orgaan[18], Organ[19], Muérganu[20], Organo[21], Orqan[22], Órgano[23], Órgão[24], Cơ quan[25], Orgán[26]
  • Properties for this type: P3189[27], P2289[28], P2286[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]

Why It Matters

organ has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] organ is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . biologydictionary.net. biologydictionary.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 137
    Environment ontology id → 01000162
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arc', 'ast', 'av', 'az', 'ba', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 01000162, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143354777|organ (#143354777)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontology"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → —
    Has part(s) → tissue
    Part of → organism, organ system
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007550936005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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