| A | B |
|---|
| Digestion | Hydrolitic breakdown of organic nutrients |
| Respiration | Release of energy from food |
| Excretion | removal of metabolic wastes |
| Regulation | Maintaining a steady state |
| Nutrition | taking in or making or getting food |
| Taransport | absrptions and distribution of materials |
| Systhesis | Making of materials for the body |
| Reproduction | Ability to make more of the same kind |
