The Emergence Machine

Nerve

physical · Biology · Level 10 · E6

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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

Fibers that transmit signals in the body, a critical component of the nervous system that enables communication between cells.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “nerve”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L3L2L1L0NerveBrainNervous SystemOrganCellFunction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesItchL11PainL11NerveL10CellL3BrainL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cell L3 (requires) Biology sense
    Fiber that transmits signals in the body -- prerequisite: cell
  • Brain L9 (requires) Biology sense
    Fiber that transmits signals in the body -- prerequisite: brain

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