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===Respiratory System===
===Respiratory System===
Oxygen gas
===Digestive System===
===Digestive System===
Breakdown of food for energy. ATP.
===Circulatory System===
===Circulatory System===
Transportation
===Nervous System===
===Nervous System===
Various signaling pathways
===Reproductive System===
The fertilization of an egg by sperm is irreversible.


==Plants as a Biological System==
==Plants as a Biological System==

Revision as of 00:00, 16 April 2009

The Human Body as a Biological System

Respiratory System

Oxygen gas

Digestive System

Breakdown of food for energy. ATP.

Circulatory System

Transportation

Nervous System

Various signaling pathways

Reproductive System

The fertilization of an egg by sperm is irreversible.

Plants as a Biological System

Photosynthesis

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2. Fox, Stuart Ira, “Human Physiology”, 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008

3. “MIT Department of Physics: Biophysics: Biological and Medicine”, 15APR09,< http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/areasofresearch/atomic_cm_plasma/biophysics/biophysics.html>

4. “Nervous system”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_system>

5. “Phase Changes”, 15APR09, < http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/phase.html>

6. “Phase transition”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_transition>

7. “Photosynthesis”, 15APR09, <http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html>

8. “Photosynthesis”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis>

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10. “Types of Photosynthesis”, <http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecology/plants/plants_photosynthesis.htm>