Collective: Honors Biology Discussions

Path: Are your organs alive?

Are your organs alive?

Are your organs alive? Is an organ grown in a lab as alive as one in the body? You can’t live without the bacteria inside you, so are they part of you as a living organism? Cells in the human body are regularly replaced, for example, skin cells only exist for about two weeks. Does this mean you don’t have the same body throughout your life?

This Collective

Honors Biology Discussions

Virginia, United States

Share this Path link with your friends.

Join to add to this path

Are Our Organs Alive?

By definition, our organs are alive. According to the Merriam-webster definition of “: having life: not dead or inanimate”, our organs are living. The organs of a ...

By mseery

Are Our Organs Alive?

According to The Principles of Biology, all living beings have the ability to adapt, grow, develop, respond to environmental changes, and have a certain order. Because our org...

By K.Hafez1039

Are Organs Alive? – Isabel Rosas

I believe that organs are not alive, because being ‘alive’ to me means that you have thoughts, feelings, instincts, you can move, and you can survive on your own. ...

By irosas

The Role of Cells and Organs in Your Body

As a whole person, a whole being it is automatically known that you as a human are alive. However, the individual components that make up your body are alive as well. Take org...

By victoria_rosas_0722

Why Organs are Alive

Organs are alive because they are made up of multiple bacterias and cells that are also alive. The definition of alive is “still in existence, force, or operation”...

By dfoster