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metabolism
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the sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body
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responsiveness
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the body's ability to detect and respond to changes in its internal or external environment
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movement
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motion of the whole body, individual organs, single cells, and even tiny structures inside cells
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growth
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an increase in body size that results from an increase in the size of existing cells, the number of cells, or both
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differentiation
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the process a cell undergoes to develop from an unspecialized to a specialized state
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stem cells
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ancestor cells which can divide and give rise to progeny that undergo differentiation
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reproduction
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either the formation of new cells for growth, repair, or replacement, or to the production of a new individual
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