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  2. Organ (biology) - Wikipedia

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    In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function. [1] In the hierarchy of life, an organ lies between tissue and an organ system. Tissues are formed from same type cells to act together in a function. Tissues of different types combine to form an organ which has a specific ...

  3. Organogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Organogenesis is the phase of embryonic development that starts at the end of gastrulation and continues until birth.During organogenesis, the three germ layers formed from gastrulation (the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm) form the internal organs of the organism.

  4. Organ system - Wikipedia

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    An organ system is a biological system consisting of a group of organs that work together to perform ... form white blood cells: lymph, lymph nodes, lymph vessels ...

  5. List of organs of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Organs: A collection of tissues that structurally form a functional unit specialized to perform a particular function (some of the organs in this list perform multiple functions). Organ parts The different sections that medical professionals tend to split a given organ into for medical purposes. Tissue

  6. Human embryonic development - Wikipedia

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    This will divide to form the aorta and pulmonary artery; the bulbus cordis will develop into the right (primitive) ventricle; the primitive ventricle will form the left ventricle; the primitive atrium will become the front parts of the left and right atria and their appendages, and the sinus venosus will develop into the posterior part of the ...

  7. Germ layer - Wikipedia

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    This early embryonic form undergoes gastrulation, forming a gastrula with either two or three layers (the germ layers). In all vertebrates, these progenitor cells differentiate into all adult tissues and organs. [5] In the human embryo, after about three days, the zygote forms a solid mass of cells by mitotic division, called a morula.

  8. Body cavity - Wikipedia

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    Organs formed inside the coelom can freely move, grow, and develop independently of the body wall while fluid in the peritoneum cushions and protects them from shocks. Arthropods and most molluscs have a reduced (but still true) coelom, the hemocoel (of an open circulatory system) and the smaller gonocoel (a cavity that contains the gonads).

  9. Tissue (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Muscle cells (myocytes) form the active contractile tissue of the body. Muscle tissue functions to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs. Muscle is formed of contractile filaments and is separated into three main types; smooth muscle, skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle.