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Exercise 6: Summary Activity

Listed below are the main organ systems that operate our internal machinery and the environmental factors necessary for growth.

Although we use the human as an example organism in this exercise, please keep in mind that all mammals share these same systems and functions. Since we are human and very “self-interested,” we have explored our own makeup more thoroughly than the makeup of other mammals. Despite our homocentric orientation to the living world, we do share the capability for homeostasis with many other organisms. They feel and experience life in the same ways that we do. When we understand ourselves, we can better understand the other living animals, particularly mammals.