The Emergence Machine

Artery

physical · anatomy · Level 9 · E6

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Emergence definition

As a muscular tube with a thick wall, an artery constricts to regulate blood pressure, carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body, where form and structure govern its shape and arrangement of matter.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “artery” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “artery”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ArteryHeartBloodMuscleOrganBodyTissue… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesArteryL9FormL2StructureL2BloodL7HeartL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    artery requires understanding form as a foundational concept
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    artery requires understanding structure as a foundational concept
  • Blood L7 (requires)
    Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart -- prerequisite: blood
  • Heart L8 (requires) polysemous
    Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart -- prerequisite: heart