biological functions
Body's operating systems
Biological functions are the processes that living organisms perform to survive, grow, and reproduce.
Digestion, respiration, circulation, and excretion are biological functions.
The phrase often appears as a euphemism for bodily elimination: The patient is able to perform basic biological functions without assistance.
In philosophy and biology, function implies purpose—the heart's biological function is to pump blood.
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- body clockInternal time-keeping system
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
pollination · excretion · waste removal · respiration · gas exchange · nerve impulse · fight or flight · protein synthesis · thermoregulation · apoptosis · morphogenesis · ovulation · circulation · blood flow · DNA replication · osmoregulation · organogenesis · growth spurt
biological functionsgeological processes
Mechanisms altering terrain over time
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