Necessary Life Fuctions Flashcards
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Boundaries
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- between internal and external
> plasma membranes
>skin
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Responsiveness / excitability
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The ability to sense & respond to stimuli
- withdraw reflex
- control of breathing rate
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Movement ( contractility)
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- movement of the body ( skeletal muscle)
- substance (cardiac & smooth muscle
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Digestion
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- breaks down into protein that can move Into the blood
- absorption of simple molecules into blood
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Metabolism
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All chemical reactions that occur in the body cells
- catabolism & anabolism
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Excretion
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The removal of wastes from metabolism and digestion
- urea, carbon dioxide, feces
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Reproduction
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- cellular division growth or repair
- production of off spring
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Growth
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Increase in size of body part or of organism
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Catabolism
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Down break down