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...

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...

– organ – organ system – organism – population – community – ecosystem – biosphere Approach: Reductionism – emergent property – mechanistic Biology as...

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)...

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...

biological organizational level between cells and a complete organ. Accordingly, organs are formed by the functional grouping together of multiple tissues...

(2005) Henderson's Dictionary of Biology. Pearson, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-127384-1. Muller, G. B. (2002) "Vestigial Organs and Structures". in Encyclopedia...

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...

intromittent organ is any external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most...

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...

A stinger (or sting) is a sharp organ found in various animals (typically insects and other arthropods) capable of injecting venom, usually by piercing...

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,...

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...

Light-sensitive organs that evaginate from the diencephalon - NCBI Zug, George; Vitt, Laurie Vitt; Caldwell, Janalee (2002). Herpetology: An introductory biology of...

employing liquid medium. Organ culture technology has contributed to advances in embryology, inflammation, cancer, and stem cell biology research. In April...

legs, wings, arms, fins, or tails are sometimes referred to as locomotory organs or locomotory structures. The term "locomotion" is formed in English from...

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...

(/praɪˈmɔːrdiəm/; pl.: primordia; synonym: anlage) in embryology, is an organ or tissue in its earliest recognizable stage of development. Cells of the...

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features. This includes...

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...

molecular biology. Anatomy considers the forms of macroscopic structures such as organs and organ systems. It focuses on how organs and organ systems work...

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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...

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...

state – When concentrations of molecules in a living cell or organ remain constant Systems biology – Computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological...

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...

and Preterm Childbirth". In Bittar EE, Zakar T (eds.). Advances in Organ Biology. Vol. 1: Pregnancy and Parturition. Elsevier. pp. 195–223. doi:10...

knifefish. An electric fish generates an electric field using an electric organ, modified from muscles in its tail. The field is called weak if it is only...

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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