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Life Functions
activites of the body
Term | Definition |
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Biology | a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, identification and taxonomy. |
Life | the existence of an individual human being or animal. |
Organism | an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. |
Life process | the series of actions that are essential to determine if an animal is alive. Living things have seven essential processes in common: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition. |
Homeostasis | the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes. |
Metabolism | a term that is used to describe all chemical reactions involved in maintaining the living state of the cells and the organism |
Aerobic | relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen. |
Anaerobic | relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen. |
Sexual | relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals. |
Asexual | without sexual feelings or associations. |
Biotic | of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations |
Growth | |
Reproduction | |
Regulation | |
Respiration | |
Nurtition | |
Excretion | |
Transport | |
Syhthesis |