Over a century ago, when scientists were classifying the body’s organs, one was short shrifted, according to researchers who say part of the digestive system deserves to be upgraded to organ status.

Irish surgeons discovered the mesentery, which connects the intestine to the abdomen is a single, continuous structure - not lots of multiple parts as experts first suspected FROM the brain to the ...

Cleveland Clinic has performed the first full multi-organ transplant with multiple digestive organs to treat a patient with a rare form of appendix cancer. The operation was led by Anil Vaidya, MD, ...

The stomach is located in the upper part of the abdomen. The digestive organs in the abdomen work together to absorb nutrients and move food through the digestion process. They include the stomach, ...

The pelvic region holds major organs under its layers of muscles. Some of the most important include the major digestive organs, the intestines. The small intestine is the longest part of the ...

FROM the brain to the heart, the liver and lungs... there are certain words that spring to mind when you're asked to name organs in the body. But vital ones aside, there are dozens of organs in the ...