You guys are right, this isn't a good quiz. Partially because a few organs are missing, and entirely because the definition of organ is so ambiguous. I should've taken more care with this one but I rushed it. I've attempted to rework it to correct for the ambiguity.
A few things to clarify:
(1) The gallbladder weighs only about 10g, so I won't be including it on this quiz.
(2) I've implemented both intestines.
(3) The spleen does weigh more than the stomach, though not the intestines. The good chunk of the stomach is food contents and it may have a large volume but doesn't quite pair up in mass.
(4) @MSB33: the reason you saw the spleen weighing more than the liver was because I was in the midst of changing the values from ounces to grams.
(5) The bladder is larger than the prostate, but I've excluded both in the revision of this quiz.
(6) The values come from multiple sources, but I'll try to include a couple of general sources you can go to.
(7) I originally included the prostate because I based these off of males. For my revision, I've made it organs found in *both* males and females
(8) The uterus is surprisingly not that heavy most of the time. It's about 50g on average, but when pregnant it definitely increases in weight.
(9) A gland is an organ. This branches back to the problem of defining an organ--it's hard to define. Some consider bones and muscle organs, some don't consider skin an organ. For this quiz, I'll put up a definition in the description for clarity.
(10) Largest doesn't equal heaviest but can include it. I've included the weights to clarify this.
(11) The heart is an organ, though most of it is indeed muscle
Thanks for the suggestions. Keep calling bull**** when you see it--this was definitely one of those cases. |
Human Body Systems
Organ Transplants
Heaviest Land Animals
