organism, 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...
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In biology, the electric organ is an organ that an electric fish uses to create an electric field. Electric organs are derived from modified muscle or...
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– organ – organ system – organism – population – community – ecosystem – biosphere Approach: Reductionism – emergent property – mechanistic Biology as...
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Look up organ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Organ may refer to: Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function Organ (music)...
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Vestigiality (redirect from Vestigal organ)
(2005) Henderson's Dictionary of Biology. Pearson, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-127384-1. Muller, G. B. (2002) "Vestigial Organs and Structures". in Encyclopedia...
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A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction. Sex organs constitute the primary sex...
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intromittent organ is any external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most...
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biological organizational level between cells and a complete organ. Accordingly, organs are formed by the functional grouping together of multiple tissues...
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Stinger (redirect from Stinger (organ))
A stinger (or sting) is a sharp organ found in various animals (typically insects and other arthropods) capable of injecting venom, usually by piercing...
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their organ systems are into distinct regions or sub-organs—with a distinct type of construction, which is to say a particular layout of organ systems...
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employing liquid medium. Organ culture technology has contributed to advances in embryology, inflammation, cancer, and stem cell biology research. In April...
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Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single,...
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Animal locomotion (redirect from Locomotory organ)
legs, wings, arms, fins, or tails are sometimes referred to as locomotory organs or locomotory structures. This is an edit. The term "locomotion" is formed...
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The vomeronasal organ (VNO), or Jacobson's organ, is the paired auxiliary olfactory (smell) sense organ located in the soft tissue of the nasal septum...
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Parietal eye (redirect from Parietal organ)
Light-sensitive organs that evaginate from the diencephalon - NCBI Zug, George; Vitt, Laurie Vitt; Caldwell, Janalee (2002). Herpetology: An introductory biology of...
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Snake (redirect from Copulatory organs of snakes)
heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side...
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was explicitly analysed by Pierre Belon in 1555. In developmental biology, organs that developed in the embryo in the same manner and from similar origins...
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Primordium (redirect from Anlage (biology))
(/praɪˈmɔːrdiəm/; pl.: primordia; synonym: anlage) in embryology, is an organ or tissue in its earliest recognizable stage of development. Cells of the...
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Sex (redirect from Sexuality (biology))
specialized sex organs to assist the transport of sperm—these male sex organs are called intromittent organs. In humans and other mammals, this male organ is known...
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Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features. This includes...
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Sense (redirect from Sensory organ)
photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors) in sensory organs transduct sensory information from these organs towards the central nervous system, finally arriving...
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Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or...
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convergence of labs-on-chips (LOCs) and cell biology has permitted the study of human physiology in an organ-specific context. By acting as a more sophisticated...
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Biological system (redirect from Major organ systems)
systems engineering Evolutionary systems Organ system Systems biology Systems ecology Systems theory Systems Biology: An Overview by Mario Jardon: A review...
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Lymphatic system (redirect from Secondary lymphoid organ)
The lymphatic system, or lymphoid system, is an organ system in vertebrates that is part of the immune system, and complementary to the circulatory system...
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more vital functions, analogous to the organs of the human body (such as the heart, lung, and kidney, with each organ performing a different function). Both...
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Bidder's organ is a spherical, brownish organ in most members of the family Bufonidae (true toads). The organ is located just in front of the kidney, or...
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Human vestigiality (category Vestigial organs)
blindness Deprecation Myopia "Difference between rudimentary and vestigial organ - Biology - Evolution - 11741123 | Meritnation.com". www.meritnation.com. Retrieved...
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and Preterm Childbirth". In Bittar EE, Zakar T (eds.). Advances in Organ Biology. Vol. 1: Pregnancy and Parturition. Elsevier. pp. 195–223. doi:10...
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Involution (medicine) (redirect from Organ involution)
Involution is the shrinking or return of an organ to a former size. At a cellular level, involution is characterized by the process of proteolysis of...
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