The Emergence Machine

Heart (Organ sense)

physical · Biology · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

The heart emerges as a muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system of vertebrates, building upon the understanding of an organism's need for a system to transport essential nutrients and oxygen to its cells, which requires the presence of blood, a fluid that arises from the interaction of body cells and tissues.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
heart
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0Heart OrganBloodBodyTissueAnimalOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesHeart OrganL8OrganismL4BloodL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    the heart is an organ of the circulatory system
  • Blood L7 (requires)
    Body part dependency