In Latin America, following the military's eviction from Panama in 1999 and Ecuador in 2009, the Pentagon has created or upgraded new bases in Aruba and CuraÃ§ao, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Peru.
Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that occur in living organ isms in order to maintain life. These processes allow organ isms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environment s. Metabolism is usually divided into two categories. metabolism.
metabolism (m Â·taËÂ·b Â·liÂ·z m) , n the combined sum of the chemical processes occurring in a living organism. It is separated into anabolism, a process that results in the consumption of energy, and catabolism, a process that releases energy.