Necessary Life Functions

Question 1

The muscle cell’s ability to move by shortening

Answer 1

Contractility

Question 2

The activities promoted by the muscular system

Answer 2

Movement

Question 3

The ability to sense changes (stimuli) in the environment

Answer 3

Responsiveness/irritability

Question 4

Breaking down indigested food into simple molecules that can then be absorbed into the blood

Answer 4

Digestion

Question 5

Broad term that includes all chemical reactions that occur within body cells

Answer 5

Metabolism

Question 6

Breakdown of larger molecules (complex–>simple)

Answer 6

Catabolism

Question 7

Synthesis of larger molecules

Simple–>complex

Answer 7

Anabolism

Question 8

Using nutrients and oxygen to produce ATP

Answer 8

Cellular respiration

Question 9

Process of removing wastes from the body

Answer 9

Excretion

Question 10

Other term for wastes

Answer 10

Excreta

Question 11

Production of offspring, can occur on the cellular or organismal level

Answer 11

Reproduction

Question 12

Increase in size; increase in number of cells

Answer 12

Growth

Question 13

Body’s ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though the outside world is continuously changing.

Answer 13

Homeostasis