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Metabolism - refers to all chemical processes in the body. Catabolism is the breaking down of complex chemical compounds to simpler substances. Anabolism is the building up of complex molecules from simpler substances (e.g. breaking down of rice by converting carbohydrates to glucose).
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Responsiveness - the ability of the body to act upon detected changes or stimulus (e.g. jerking of hand when it is subjected to hot temperature).
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Movement - motion of the whole body (e.g. coordinated movement of hand muscles when writing).
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Growth - increase in body size caused by increase in size of existing cells or an increase in number or both (e.g. tumor growth caused by abnormal increase in cell number)
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Differentiation - development of cell from unspecialized to specialized cell (e.g. cells develop to organs such as liver cells develop to liver).
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Reproduction - formation of new cells from tissue growth or the production of an individual (e.g. starfish restore their arms through mitosis).