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« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2008, 12:16:22 AM »

Tongue and heart aren't organs guys!
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« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2008, 12:23:38 AM »

Tongue and heart aren't organs guys!

They're considered to be organs, even if they're muscles as well.
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« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2008, 03:22:17 AM »

Considered by who? I can see the heart being considered an organ although I don't agree with it (because it's nutritional value seems to be halfway between muscle and organ tissue) but I can't see tongue being considered an organ. It's totally a muscle. Organs by definition are "A group of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions." - from http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Organ

Also from that site "Examples of animal organs are heart, lungs, brain, eye, stomach, spleen, bones, pancreas, kidneys, liver, intestines, skin, urinary bladder and sex organs."

So according to that site the heart is an organ but not the tongue, which I agree with.
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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2008, 03:34:10 AM »

I'm afraid wikipedia disagrees with you, among other sources(tongue is an organ-meat(it's always treated as such by farmers, anyway):-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(anatomy)#Organs_of_the_human_body_by_region
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2008, 05:12:31 AM »

Oow, good debate.  The tongue is definitely made up of skeletal muscle mainly, however, it is loaded with collagen too, and is different nutritionally from skeletal muscle meat from an animal's limbs, for instance.  From a strictly biological sense, the tongue is a sensory organ, hands down (just like the eyes), and serves a very unique function quite apart from that of other skeletal muscle tissues. 
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« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2008, 07:57:11 AM »

Its also easier to say their organs instead of part organ part muscle or whateva
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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2008, 08:28:18 PM »

I think the muscle movement function of the tongue is more important than the sensory organ part. That is to say you would have a better chance surviving with a tasteless tongue rather than a paralyzed one. Wikipedia says a lot of things.
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2008, 03:10:09 PM »

what would marrow be considered? Huh?
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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2008, 06:13:59 PM »

what would marrow be considered? Huh?

Definitely an organ. Googling under "marrow organ" or "marrow organ-meat" should provide results.
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« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2008, 08:10:59 PM »

Marrow is an organ because it produces blood cells.
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