Cancer of the small intestine is slightly more common among men than women. Diet and health history can affect the risk of developing this cancer. The number of new cases of small intestine cancer was 2.3 per 100,000 men and women per year based on 2010-2014 cases.
What are life processes? A: Life processes are the series of actions that are essential to determine if an animal is alive. Living things have seven essential processes in common: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition.
1 An animalâs size and shape have a direct effect on how the animal exchanges energy and materials with its surroundings. 2  As a requirement for maintaining the fluid integrity of the plasma membrane of its cells, an animalâs body must be arranged so that all of its living cells are bathed in an aqueous medium.oncept 40.2 Animal form and function are correlated at all levels of organization. 1  Life is characterized by hierarchical levels of organization, each with emergent properties. 2  Animals are multicellular organisms with their specialized cells grouped into tissues.