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Maintaining Life
A&P Intro
Question | Answer |
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Maintenance of boundaries | -Seperation between cells, tissues, and organs |
Movement | -we move -stuff moves through us |
Responsiveness or irritability | -Detect and respond to stimuli |
Digestion | -Breakdown nutrients/food and absorb chemicals |
Metabolism | Chemical breakdown or build up in the body |
Excretion | -Waste -Sweat |
Growth | -Increase in size/# of cells |
Reproduction | -Species maintenance (offspring) -Reproduce cells for growth and repair |
Nutrients - Mactronutrients | -Carbs -proteins -fats |
Nutrients - Micronutrients | Vitamins (organic, easily destroyed A, D, E, K, C, B) Minerals (inorganic, not destroyed zinc, iron) |
Water | Needed for all chemical reactions and body secretions |
Oxygen | -Needed for energy production -Chemical Reaction |