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The digestive system has form (guts etc) and function (extracting energy from food). I can point at it. This is not the case with the immune system, because t
by verisimi 3y ago
The digestive system has form (guts etc) and function (extracting energy from food). I can point at it.
This is not the case with the immune system, because this 'system' is just an idea. It cannot be pointed at or isolated, like other bodily systems. And yet it is treated as if it is real, but where is it?
You might as well use 'the body' as a term, rather than 'immune system' - the term is so broad, it is meaningless to me.
- HPsquared 3y agoThere are different parts (often not physically connected, but connected via chemical signalling) which work together to perform various functions. If one of the parts doesn't work, the function is degraded. It's a distributed system.