Diff: 2 Page Ref: 685-686. 18) If the vagal nerves to the heart were cut, the result would be that ________. A) the heart would stop, since the vagal nerves trigger the heart to contract. B) the heart rate would increase by about 25 beats per minute. C) the AV node would become the pacemaker of the heart.
Living things have seven essential processes in common:  movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition. All things fall into one of three categories: living, used to be living or not living; the presence of all seven life processes indicates a living thing.
Living things are organized or made up of cells. Cells are the smallest organisms that carry the functions of life. Viruses can reproduce and grow and develop in a way. They reproduce when they go into a cell and make copies of itself.They grow and develop because they grow and develop into a disease.he features of a living thing are the ability to reproduce, the ability to grow and develop, the ability to adjust to surrondings, and they're organized by cells. Reproduction is when organisms produce new individuals that are usually like the parent organisms.