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. sum of all biochemical processes involved in life. Two subcategories of metabolism are anabolism, the building up of complex organic molecules from simpler precursors, and catabolism catabolism, subdivision of metabolism involving all degradative chemical reactions in the living cell.