Body Organisation Flashcards

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5 Structural Levels

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cells
tissues
organs
system
organism
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Cells

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lowest level of organisation basic building block of all living things specialised to carry out different functions (muscle cells, fat cells, bone cells, nerve cells)

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Tissues

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second level of structural organisation formed when cells with similar specialisations carry out a common function (muscle tissue, connective tissue, nervous tissue)

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Organ

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third level of structural organisation formed when two or more tissues work together (stomach, brain, liver, skin, kidney, heart)

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System

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fourth level of structural organisation made of a group of organs that work together for a common purpose (digestive, circulatory, immune, reproductive, endocrine)

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Organisation

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the body makes us up, a living thing

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