organic
Biology
(adjective)
relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products
Microbiology
(adjective)
relating to the compounds of carbon, and relating to natural products
Examples of organic in the following topics:
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Organ Transplants
- Organ transplantation involves moving organs between bodies (or from donor sites on patients' bodies) for the purpose of replacing recipients' damaged or absent organs.
- Tissue transplants occur much more frequently than organ transplants.
- Organ donors may be living or brain dead.
- Organ trafficking is one problem.
- Organ transplants are not regulated by the FDA.
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Plant Tissues and Organ Systems
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Formal Structure
- Formal structure of an organization or group includes a fixed set of rules for intra-organization procedures and structures.
- Practical experience shows no organization is ever completely rule-bound: all real organizations represent some mix of formal and informal characteristics.
- Tended effectively, the informal organization complements the more explicit structures, plans, and processes of the formal organization.
- This deviation was referred to as informal organization.
- A formal organization is a fixed set of rules of intra-organization procedures and structures.
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Flat versus tall organizations
- By definition, a small business is typically a flat, centralized organization.
- Flat organizations follow the decentralized approach, or organic system.
- More decisions are made at the middle levels of the organization.
- Internally, the organization as a whole encourages more participation between all levels of the organization.
- A tall structure is a more formal, bureaucratic organization or mechanistic system.
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Layers in an Organization: Tall vs Flat Organizations
- A tall organization is a more formal bureaucratic or mechanistic organizational structure and management system.
- Tall organizations have several tiers in their structural hierarchy and multiple levels of management control with regard to the daily operations of the organization.
- Flat organizations follow the decentralized approach or organic system of organization and management.
- Internally, the organization as a whole encourages more participation between all levels within the organization, promoting closer working relationships that potentially lead to better communication and creativity.
- Various factors, both internal (i.e. management style, culture, etc.) and external (i.e. competition, regulation, etc.) to the organization, influence what type of structure an organization assumes.
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Development of Human Resources
- Human resources development (HRD) as a theory is a framework for the expansion of human capital within an organization through the development of both the organization and the individual to achieve performance improvement.
- Groups within organizations use HRD to initiate and manage change.
- Organization development (OD), empowering the organization to take advantage of its human resource capital.
- TD alone can leave an organization unable to tap into the increase in human, knowledge, or talent capital.
- HRD does not occur without the organization, so the practice of HRD within an organization is inhibited or promoted upon the platform of the organization's mission, vision, and values.
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Levels of Organization
- Living organisms are made up of four levels of organization: cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
- An organism is made up of four different levels of organization.
- These levels are cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
- Most organs contain tissues such as parenchyma (tissue used to perform the organ functions) stroma (connective tissue specific to organs) and epithelial tissue (the outer covering of the organ).
- An organism contains organ systems that are made of organs that are made up of tissues, which are made up of cells.
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Growth Terminology
- This reduction process forms an organic compound that stores chemical energy.
- Autotrophs, and their formation of organic compounds, are an important component of the food chain because they produce the food necessary for larger, more complex organisms to grow.
- Chemoautotrophs are thought to be the first organisms to inhabit earth.
- A heterotroph is an organism that, unlike an autotroph, cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth.
- These organisms use inorganic energy sources or organic energy sources to sustain life.
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Circumventricular Organs
- Circumventricular organs are situated adjacent to the brain ventricles and sense concentrations of various compounds in the blood.
- These organs secrete or are sites of action of a variety of different hormones, neurotransmitters, and cytokines.
- These organs secrete or are sites of action of a variety of different hormones, neurotransmitters, and cytokines.
- These organs include:
- Vascular organ of lamina terminalis: Responsible for the homeostatic conservation of osmolarity.
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Photoautotrophs and Photoheterotrophs
- Not all phototrophs are photosynthetic but they all constitute a food source for heterotrophic organisms.
- An autotroph is an organism able to make its own food.
- Photoautotrophs are organisms that carry out photosynthesis.
- A heterotroph is an organism that depends on organic matter already produced by other organisms for its nourishment.
- Photoautotrophic organisms are sometimes referred to as holophytic.