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Common Characteristics Of Living Things:
Lecture Materials
1. Organization: pattern that differs from
for environment, involves regulation of
internal conditions within limits
Amy Warenda Czura, Ph.D.
2. Responsiveness: (irritability), responding to
Suffolk County Community College changes in environment.
Adaptation = long term response
Eastern Campus
3. Growth and Differentiation
Growth = increase in size/cell number
Primary Sources for figures and content: Differentiation = specialization of cells to
Marieb, E. N. Human Anatomy & Physiology 6th ed. San Francisco: Pearson Benjamin
Cummings, 2004. perform particular functions
Martini, F. H. Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology 6th ed. San Francisco: Pearson
Benjamin Cummings, 2004.
4. Reproduction
5. Movement
Internal –transport substances in body
External – move around environment
6. Metabolism and Excretion
Metabolism = all chemical processes in
the body (building and breaking
molecules)
2. Pelvic cavity
Retroperitoneal:
-inferior large
intestine,
-inferior urinary
bladder,
-some reproductive
organs
Peritoneal:
-superior urinary
bladder,
-ovaries,
-uterus