The Emergence Machine

Hormone

physical · Biology · Level 16 · E4

E4Complex Molecules

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.

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Emergence definition

hormone emerges from protein. It requires cell.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
hormone
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL16L15L14L13L3L2L1L0HormoneProteinAmino AcidOrganicCellAcidBuildingMomentum… intermediate l…FormLifeMassMovementActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesEndocrine SystemL17HormoneL16CellL3ProteinL15E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cell L3 (requires) Biology sense
    A hormone is a chemical messenger produced by cells that regulates physiological processes and growth.
  • Protein L15 (builds on)
    Hormone builds on the principles established by protein.

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