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

* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, 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 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 (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, 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, in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona * Organ Cave, 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, a commune in France * Organ, Iran, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran * Organ-e Kord, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Organ-e Tork, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran

Other uses

* Organ, a division within an organization, for example, organs of United Nations * Organs of state, 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 *

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), a Canadian rock band 2001–2006