Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology

Characteristics of Life Levels of Organization Body Cavities Organ Systems Anatomical Terminology

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Movement

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- self initiated change in position, motion of internal parts

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Responsiveness (irritability)

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Ability to sense changes within, or around the organism and react to them

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Growth

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- increase in body size

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Reproduction

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- parents production offspring? producing new indivisual

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Respiration

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- obtaining oxygen (O2), using it to release energy from food substances, and getting rid of wastes

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Digestion

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- chemically changing (breaking down) food substances, and getting rid of wastes

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Absorbtion

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- passage of digested products (food substances) through membranes and into body fluids

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Circulation

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- movement of substances throughout body

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Assimilation

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- changing absorbed substances into chemically different sustances

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Excretion

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- removal of wastes

What is "metabolism"?

- all physical and chemical changes occurring in an organism

What does "life" need?

- regulated water, food, oxygen, heat, and pressure

What is 'homeostasis'?

- tendency of the body to maintain a stable, balanced internal environment; accomplished through self regulating adjustments

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