Cellular Processes Of Living Things Flashcards
The control and coordination of the way functions
Regulation
Provides all those substances that are used by an organism for the growth and repair of its tissues
The process of nutrition
The chemical activities there release energy from organic molecules for use by the cell
Respiration
The chemical bonds of glucose are broken down and the energy releases or is stored in the compound ATP. An organism uses the energy of ATP to perform its life functions
respiration
Small molecules combined to form larger ones
Synthesis
All the chemical activities that an organism must carry-on to sustain life
Metabolism
The breaking apart of glucose molecules to release their energy in the growth and repair of tissues to maintain a functioning body
Examples of metabolic activities
The maintenance of a stable internal environment in spite of changes or deviations in the external environment
Homeostasis
Maintenance of a constant body temperature in spite of temperature fluctuations in the external environment
Example of homeostasis
In living things the level of complexity follows this general pattern
Cells->tissues->organs->systems->organisms
Protein synthesis takes place here
Ribosomes
The sites of most reactions of cellular respiration
Mitochondria
