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The set of "all the components which carry out the processes of a given subsystem of an organism" (J.G. MILLER, 1978, p.315).
The organ is the second level of complexity in MILLER's taxonomy of living systems. It is made of cells and has a defined structural and functional role in an organism.
MILLER comments: "This is like one common meaning of organ, "a part of the body having a special function" and different from another current usage, "a more or less independent portion of the body having a tissue framework, and a special blood, lymph and nerve supply in addition to its characteristic essential cells" (Ibid).
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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).
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