The Emergence Machine

Body Part

physical · anatomy · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A body part is a distinct, spatially defined structure within an organism's anatomy, having a specific function or location, resulting from the organized arrangement of matter and its properties.

Compare Body Part with…

Wiktionary senses

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

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “body part”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0Body PartAnatomyDiseaseOrganismCellFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesSitL14Body PartL7FormL2StructureL2OrganismL4AnatomyL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Understanding form helps understand the structure of body-part
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    Understanding structure is essential for grasping body part
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    A body part is a distinct, spatially defined structure within an organism's anatomy, having a specific function or location.
  • Anatomy L6 (requires)
    A body part is a distinct, spatially defined structure within an organism's anatomy, having a specific function or location.

Used by