Levels of Organization/Nervous Vocabulary

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Levels of organization: Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism, Species, Atom, Molecule

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Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism

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Your body's response to keep the conditions inside your body stable.

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Homeostasis

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things

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cell

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A group of similar cells that perform a specific function.

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Tissue

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composed of different kinds of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions

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Organ

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a group of organs that work together to perform a major function for an organism

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Organ system

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The largest most complex level of organization that helps react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt and maintain homeostasis

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Organism

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the way something is arranged

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structure

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The main organ of the nervous system that controls most of the functions of the body

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brain

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A thick column of nervous tissue that links the brain to nerves in the body

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spinal cord