Basic Life Processes

• 6 processes of the human body
• A) Metabolism– the sum of all chemical processes
• Catabolism– breakdown of complex chemical substances
• Anabolism- build up of complex chemical substances
• B) Responsiveness- detect and respond to changes
• C) Movement- any movement from internal to external
• D) Growth- an increase in body size resulting from an increase in size of existing cells or number of existing cells.
• E) Differentiation- development of a cell from unspecialised to specialised eg stem cells or egg to baby
• F) Reproduction- Formation of new cells for repair or a whole human
  
  When any of these fails to work there is cell loss and death