Biology A-Level
organ
What organ means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Made of several different tissues working together to perform an overall function, such as the stomach or a leaf.
Formed from several different tissues working together for a particular function.
Topics that use organ
- Structure of eukaryotic cells (AQA A-Level)
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- differentiation
- organ system
- tissue
- anaphase
- Asexual reproduction and cloning
- Checkpoint control mechanisms
- Chromosome behaviour during division
- Consequences of loss of cell-cycle control
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