Basic Life Processes

Metabolism

Catabolism and anabolism

Responsiveness

Body’s ability to detect and respond to external and internal changes

Movement

e.g. movement of the body, organs, tissues, cells, subcellular structures

Growth

increase in body size that results from an increase in the size of existing cells and an increase in the numbers of cells

Differentiation

development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized state

Reproduction

the making of new cells for tissue growth, repair or replacement

production of a new individual

Homeostasis

a condition of equilibrium or balance, in the body’s internal environment

-maintained by the body’s regulatory processes

Intracellular Fluid

fluid within body cells

Extracellular Fluid

Fluid outside body cells

e.g. interstitial fluid, lymph plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, and aqueous humor and virtrous humor(body)