The Emergence Machine

Respiratory System

abstract · Biology · Level 14 · E6

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Emergence definition

respiratory-system emerges from lung. It requires organ.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
respiratory system
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L7L2L1L0Respiratory SystemLungExchangeProductionCommunityOrgan… intermediate l…ForceFormKinetic EnergyLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesRespiratory Syst…L15Respiratory SystemL14OrganL7LungL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organ L7 (requires) Biology sense
    To understand the respiratory system, one must first understand organs.
  • Lung L13 (builds on) Biology sense
    Respiratory System builds on the principles established by lung.

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