Anatomy & Physiology › Section A · Introduction to the human body › Topic A.2
Functions and requirements of human life
A living body does things that a statue of the same shape never could: it builds, breaks down, senses, moves, grows and reproduces. To keep doing them it needs four things from its surroundings, and each comes only within a narrow range.
In this topic
- What a living body does
- Organisation: keeping compartments separate
- Metabolism: building up and breaking down
- Responsiveness and movement
- Development and reproduction
- Worked example: naming the function
- Requirements: oxygen and nutrients
- Requirement: a narrow range of temperature
- Requirement: a narrow range of pressure
- Worked example: oxygen at altitude
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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