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| Bioengineering | the application of engineering to living things |
| Technology | the products and processes that are designed to serve our needs |
| Adaptive bioengineering | engineering that results in a product or process that changes living organisms |
| Cell | the smallest unit that can perform all the processes necessary for life |
| Cell membrane | a phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's environment |
| Organelle | one of the small bodies in a cell's cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a specific function |
| Tissue | a group of similar cells that perform a common function |
| Organ | a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body |
| Organ system | a group of organs that work together to perform body functions |
