Brains and hearts.
Lungs and kidneys.
No, this is not an ingredient list for a zombie cookbook.
It's just a few of the organs that animals like us have to keep our bodies in working order.
But plants have totally different organs — despite what you might have heard about artichoke hearts.
And unlike most of our organs, which you can only see with an X-ray, you've come across a lot of plant organs.
You've seen plant organs alive, whether growing in the woods, beside the road, or in your bathtub full of houseplants.
And you've seen them dead — severed plant organs piled on top of each other in bins.
There they sit beneath harsh white lights, damp from routine mistings, just waiting to be picked up and carried away.
Hi! I'm Alexis, and this is Crash Course Botany.
