Organ may refer to:

Biology

Organ (biology) In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function. In the hierarchy of life, an organ lies between tissue and an organ system. Tissues are formed from same type cells to act together in a ...

, a part of an organism

Musical instruments

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, a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone **

Electronic organ An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed ...

, an electronic keyboard instrument **

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument **

Pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks ...

, a musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air is driven through a series of pipes **

Street organ A street organ (french: orgue de rue or ''orgue de barbarie''; german: Straßenorgel) played by an organ grinder is a French-German automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most co ...

, a mobile, automatic mechanical pneumatic organ played by an organ grinder **

Theatre organ A theatre organ (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent films, from the 1900s to the 1920s. Theatre organs have horseshoe-shaped arrangements o ...

, a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra

Films

* ''Organ'' (film), a 1996 Japanese film about organ thieves * ''The Organ'' (film), a 1965 Slovak film

Periodicals

* Organ, any official

periodical A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also examples ...

(i.e., magazine, newsletter, or similar publication) of an organization * ''Organ'' (magazine), a UK music magazine founded in 1986 * ''The Organ'' (magazine), a quarterly publication for organ enthusiasts, founded in 1921 * ''The Organ'' (newspaper), an underground newspaper published in San Francisco from 1970 to 1972

Places

United States

Organ, New Mexico Organ is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 323. Demographics Description Organ was started as a mining camp prior to the America ...

, an unincorporated community *

Organ Mountains The Organ Mountains (also known as La Sierra de los Órganos) are a rugged mountain range in southern New Mexico in the Southwestern United States. Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument was declared a national monument on May 21, 2014 ...

, New Mexico *

The Organ (Zion) The Organ is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. The Organ is situated in the Big Bend at the north end of Zion Canyon, rising 700-feet (213 meters) above the ...

, a summit in Utah *

Organ Rock Formation The Organ Rock Formation or Organ Rock Shale is a formation within the late Pennsylvanian to early Permian Cutler Group and is deposited across southeastern Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and northeastern Arizona. This formation notably outcrops ar ...

, in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona *

Organ Cave Organ Cave is a large and historic cave in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA. The surrounding community takes its name from the cave. In 1973, the Organ Cave System—also known as the Organ–Hedricks Cave System—was registered as a N ...

, Virginia

Elsewhere

Organ Peak Organ Peak () is the northernmost peak of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Mapped in 1960 from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It ha ...

, Graham Land, Antarctica *

Serra dos Órgãos The Serra dos Órgãos ("Organ Range") is a mountain range in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It contains the Serra dos Órgãos National Park. Location The Serra dos Órgãos is the name of the region of the Serra do Mar in the central pa ...

, or Organ Range, a mountain range in Brazil *

Organ, Hautes-Pyrénées Organ () is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree o ...

, a commune in France *

Organ, Iran Avargan ( fa, اورگان, also Romanized as Āvargān and Owregān; also known as Auragūn, Āvardgān, Āverd Kān, and Organ) is a village located within the Chaghakhor Rural District, Boldaji District, Borujen County, Chaharmahal and Bakhti ...

, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran *

Organ-e Kord Orkan-e Kord ( fa, اوركن كرد, also Romanized as Orkān-e Kord; also known as Orgān-e Kord) is a village in Khandan Rural District, Tarom Sofla District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Repub ...

, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran *

Organ-e Tork Orkan-e Tork ( fa, اوركن ترك; also known as Organ-e Tork) is a village in Khandan Rural District, Tarom Sofla District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called P ...

, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran

Other uses

* Organ, a

division Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...

within an organization, for example, organs of United Nations *

Organs of state Separation of powers refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with those of the other branches. The typic ...

, branches of power within a government * Organ, an old word for a mental faculty, particularly in the context of

phrenology Phrenology () is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.Wihe, J. V. (2002). "Science and Pseudoscience: A Primer in Critical Thinking." In ''Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience'', pp. 195–203. C ...

* Organ, a slang word for a

penis A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...

Organ (surname) Organ is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bryan Organ (born 1935), English painter * Diana Organ (born 1952), British politician * Ellen Organ (1903–1908), Irish child venerated by some Roman Catholics * Felix Organ (born 199 ...

, a list of people with the surname *

The Organ (band) The Organ was a Canadian post-punk 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. Biography Early years The Organ were conceived in 2001 by f ...

, a Canadian rock band 2001–2006