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Levels of Organisation Core and extended

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Levels of OrganisationCore and extended

• Cells in organisms become specialised to perform certain functions• If similar cells work

together they form a tissue

Cardiac Muscle Tissue

• These cardiac(heart) muscle cells are all the same

• They work together, forming cardiac muscle tissue

• Tissues work together

to perform a specialised function

• They form an organ, like the heart

• The heart is made of cardiac muscle tissue, connective tissue and nerve tissue

This is a sheep’s heart cut open.Look at the different types of tissue present.

• Various organs work together forming an organ system

• The heart works with the blood vessels and the blood forming the circulatory system

Organism

• Organ systems make up organisms!• Over the next two years

we will learn about some of the organ systems in your body

organism

Muscular system

Skeletal system

Nervous system

Endocrine system

Circulatory system

Lymphatic system

Respiratory system

Digestive system

Excretory system

Reproductive system