The Emergence Machine

Lung

physical · Biology · Level 13 · 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.

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Emergence definition

lung emerges from organ. It requires body, air.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
lung
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L6L2L1L0LungExchangeProductionPrincipalBodyCooperationGasGroup… intermediate l…ForceFormKinetic EnergyLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBreathL14ChestL14CoughL14Lung AnatL14Pulmonary Alveol…L14LungL13BodyL6GasL6ExchangeL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Body L6 (requires)
    Body part dependency
  • Gas L6 (requires) polysemous
    A respiratory organ that exchanges gases between blood and air in air-breathing vertebrates.
  • Exchange L12 (requires)
    A respiratory organ that exchanges gases between blood and air in air-breathing vertebrates.

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