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. 2006 Feb 15;6:4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2867-6-4

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Human beings are complex hierarchical systems consisting of a number of hierarchical levels of anatomical organization (genes, sub-cellular entities, cells, tissues, organs, apparatuses, and organism) that interrelate differently with each other to form networks of growing complexity. Each anatomical entity is embedded in a macro-environmental system that influences the general behaviour of the entity itself.