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Should we delete the former category and move everything in it to the latter? <a href="/wiki/User:Svadhisthana" title="User:Svadhisthana">svadhisthana</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Svadhisthana" title="User talk:Svadhisthana">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z-Organ_vs._Biological_systems" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">01:49, 16 August 2008 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z-Organ_vs._Biological_systems"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z-Organ_vs._Biological_systems"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Rencas-2013-07-08T13:02:00.000Z-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z"></span>The title of his article must be reverted to "Organ systems", because term "Biological systems" means much more wide field. Lowest lewel of biological systems is level of molecular biosystems (some of them are reserched by <a href="/wiki/Systems_biology#Associated_disciplines" title="Systems biology">Systems biology</a>), the highest for this moment is a level of <a href="/wiki/Biosphere" title="Biosphere">biosphere</a>. The journal "<a href="/wiki/BioSystems" title="BioSystems">BioSystems</a>" covers other field but not organ systems... (<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biosystems/#Scope">[1]</a>) --<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Rencas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Rencas (page does not exist)">Rencas</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Rencas" title="User talk:Rencas">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Rencas-2013-07-08T13:02:00.000Z-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:02, 8 July 2013 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Rencas-2013-07-08T13:02:00.000Z-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Rencas-2013-07-08T13:02:00.000Z-Svadhisthana-2008-08-16T01:49:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Copy-paste_registration" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copy-paste_registration-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copy-paste_registration-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z"></span>Copy-paste registration<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copy-paste_registration-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Biological_system&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Copy-paste registration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mdd-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z-Copy-paste_registration"></span>In this <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=151490333&oldid=151483320">edit</a> text was copy/pasted here from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Systems_(biology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Systems (biology) (page does not exist)">systems (biology)</a> article.</li></ul> <p>-- <a href="/wiki/User:Mdd" title="User:Mdd">Mdd</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mdd" title="User talk:Mdd">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Mdd-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z-Copy-paste_registration" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">00:15, 4 November 2009 (UTC)</a> So this is what happans. Somtehing is connected with something and you get fucked and blah blah blah life happens and you dont need to know all of this fucking stupid shit. The End.<span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mdd-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z-Copy-paste_registration"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mdd-2009-11-04T00:15:00.000Z-Copy-paste_registration"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Only_human_systems?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Only_human_systems?-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z"><span id="Only_human_systems.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Only_human_systems?-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z"></span>Only human systems?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Only_human_systems?-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Biological_system&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Only human systems?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Agur_bar_Jacé-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?"></span>What about systems that are unique to non-human organisms? Where can I find a discussion of those? -<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Agur_bar_Jac%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Agur bar Jacé (page does not exist)">Agur bar Jacé</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Agur_bar_Jac%C3%A9" title="User talk:Agur bar Jacé">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Agur_bar_Jacé-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Agur_bar_Jacé-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Agur_bar_Jacé-2010-09-26T21:17:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?"></span>Hi - I don't know much about this subject - which is why I am reading this article. It seems to be very similar to the article on the human body. Would it make sense to combine these articles? --<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Blumrosen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Blumrosen (page does not exist)">Blumrosen</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Blumrosen" title="User talk:Blumrosen">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z-Only_human_systems?"></span> </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Donnarahgoshay-2021-10-08T04:21:00.000Z-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z"></span>Since it's not specified that this is an article on human biological systems, would it be useful to change the title to "Human Biological System" or add a section for non-human organisms?--<a href="/wiki/User:Donnarahgoshay" title="User:Donnarahgoshay">Donnarahgoshay</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Donnarahgoshay" title="User talk:Donnarahgoshay">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Donnarahgoshay-2021-10-08T04:21:00.000Z-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">04:21, 8 October 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Donnarahgoshay-2021-10-08T04:21:00.000Z-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Donnarahgoshay-2021-10-08T04:21:00.000Z-Blumrosen-2011-01-23T20:11:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="External_links_modified" data-mw-thread-id="h-External_links_modified-2016-11-02T23:23:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-External_links_modified-2016-11-02T23:23:00.000Z"></span>External links modified<span data-mw-comment-end="h-External_links_modified-2016-11-02T23:23:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Biological_system&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links modified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-InternetArchiveBot-2016-11-02T23:23:00.000Z-External_links_modified"></span>Hello fellow Wikipedians, </p><p>I have just modified one external link on <a href="/wiki/Biological_system" title="Biological system">Biological system</a>. 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I was thinking about adding in a section for cellular organelle systems. These are a few sources I've looked at for potential references if anybody would like to look through them. </p><p>1. Human Anatomy and Physiology <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2. Foundations of Systems Biology by Hiroaki Kitano <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>3. Modeling Biological Complexity using Biology System Description Language <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:Kristenforehand" title="User:Kristenforehand">Kristenforehand</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kristenforehand" title="User talk:Kristenforehand">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-Kristenforehand-2019-02-19T06:13:00.000Z-Sources_for_Use_Within_Article" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">06:13, 19 February 2019 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Kristenforehand-2019-02-19T06:13:00.000Z-Sources_for_Use_Within_Article"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Kristenforehand-2019-02-19T06:13:00.000Z-Sources_for_Use_Within_Article"></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232521257">.mw-parser-output .reflist-talk{margin:auto 0;border:1px dashed var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:4px;padding-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-talk-title{font-weight:bold}</style><div class="reflist-talk"> <p class="reflist-talk-title">References</p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://opentextbc.ca/anatomyandphysiology/chapter/3-2-the-cytoplasm-and-cellular-organelles/">"Human Anatomy and Physiology"</a>. Pressbooks.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Human+Anatomy+and+Physiology&rft.pub=Pressbooks&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopentextbc.ca%2Fanatomyandphysiology%2Fchapter%2F3-2-the-cytoplasm-and-cellular-organelles%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATalk%3ABiological+system" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKitano2001" class="citation journal cs1">Kitano, Hiroaki (2001-01-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dspace.fudutsinma.edu.ng/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/1685/%5bHiroaki_Kitano%5d_Foundations_of_Systems_Biology%28BookSee.org%29.pdf?sequence=1">"Foundations of Systems Biology"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Manakin</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Manakin&rft.atitle=Foundations+of+Systems+Biology&rft.date=2001-01-01&rft.aulast=Kitano&rft.aufirst=Hiroaki&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.fudutsinma.edu.ng%2Fxmlui%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F123456789%2F1685%2F%255bHiroaki_Kitano%255d_Foundations_of_Systems_Biology%2528BookSee.org%2529.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATalk%3ABiological+system" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> F. Muggianu, A. Benso, R. Bardini, E. Hu, G. Politano and S. D. Carlo, "Modeling biological complexity using Biology System Description Language (BiSDL)," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Madrid, Spain, 2018, pp. 713-717. doi: 10.1109/BIBM.2018.8621533 | <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.libproxy.albany.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8621533&isnumber=8621069}}">http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.libproxy.albany.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8621533&isnumber=8621069}}</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Plant_systems?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Plant_systems?-20241114105500"><span id="Plant_systems.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Plant_systems?-20241114105500"></span>Plant systems?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Plant_systems?-20241114105500"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Biological_system&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Plant systems?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist-20241114105500-Plant_systems?"></span>Should plant systems be added as well? They are living organisms so I don't think it is a good idea to leave them out like this. Yes, I know they're over in the organ system article, but this article not having them is weird to me. I don't know much about plant systems so I couldn't really add them here, but if anyone can help, please do! <a href="/wiki/User:LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist" title="User:LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist">LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist" title="User talk:LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biological_system#c-LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist-20241114105500-Plant_systems?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">10:55, 14 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist-20241114105500-Plant_systems?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist-20241114105500-Plant_systems?"></span> </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Biological_system&oldid=1257330994">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Biological_system&oldid=1257330994</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Systems_articles" title="Category:C-Class Systems articles">C-Class Systems articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:High-importance_Systems_articles" title="Category:High-importance Systems articles">High-importance Systems articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Systems_articles_in_systems" title="Category:Systems articles in systems">Systems articles in systems</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Systems_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Systems articles">WikiProject Systems articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Biology_articles" title="Category:C-Class Biology articles">C-Class Biology articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_Biology_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance Biology articles">Mid-importance Biology articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Biology_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Biology articles">WikiProject Biology articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Animal_anatomy_articles" title="Category:C-Class Animal anatomy articles">C-Class Animal anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_Animal_anatomy_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance Animal anatomy articles">Mid-importance Animal anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Animal_anatomy_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Animal anatomy articles">WikiProject Animal anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Physiology_articles" title="Category:C-Class Physiology articles">C-Class Physiology articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_Physiology_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance Physiology articles">Mid-importance Physiology articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Physiology_articles_about_an_unassessed_area" title="Category:Physiology articles about an unassessed area">Physiology articles about an unassessed area</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Physiology_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Physiology articles">WikiProject Physiology articles</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 14 November 2024, at 10:55<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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