Levels of organization

A structure made up of different types of tissue and performs a specific job.

• cells

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

The basic unit of structure and function for the body.

• cell
• atom
• organelle
• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A group of similar cells that perform the same function.

• tissue
• organelle
• mass
• tendon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A group of organs that work together to perform a major function is an organ

• system
• column
• bank
• stack

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Tissues that can contract.

• muscle
• connective
• epidermal
• cardiac

Tissues that can carry messages.

• nervous
• epithelial
• auditory
• complex

Tissues that provide support for your body and connects all its parts.

• connective
• skeletal
• neuromuscular
• epidermal

Tissues that cover the surfaces of your body, both inside and out

• epithelial
• connective
• human
• sensory

This system helps rids the body of wastes.

• excretory
• circulatory
• digestive
• endocrine

This system allows things to move within the body.

• circulatory
• integumentary
• vascular
• muscular