spirit du vivant

Diagram and Definitions

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Class Items

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Not a thorough list


Cosmos class:

  •  Energy: electromagnetic energy (including light), gravity, kinetic energy (including pressure and acoustic waves), dark energy 
  • Atoms and molecules: elementary particles, neutrino, antimatter, plasma, periodic table, cells, dark matter 
  • Entropy 
  • Unknown

Sensors class:

  • Magnetoreception: free radicals, iron salt, magnetite (brain, inner ear, beak), cryptochrome (eye), magnetosome, ampullae of Lorenzini (fish) 
  • Electroreception: electroplates (tissues), hairs, ampullae of Lorenzini 
  • Proprioception: Golgi tendon organ, neuromuscular spindles, inner ear 
  •  Haptics: Pacini's, Meissner's and Ruffini's corpuscles, Merkel's discs, vibrissae, skin 
  • Olfaction: vomeronasal organ, olfactory bulb, olfactory mucosa, olfactory sac (fish), sensilla (insects) 
  • Hearing: inner ear, cranial bones, outer ear 
  • Gustation: taste buds (tongue, pharynx, palate, epiglottis) 
  • Vision: ocelli, rods, cones 
  • Thermoception: skin 
  • Nociception: cutaneous (skin), somatic (bones and joints) and visceral (visceral organs) receptors 
  •  Unknown 

Converters class:

  • Organs: Brain, heart, lung (gill), liver, stomach, intestines, kidneys, bladder, reproductive organs, spleen, skin 
  • Glands: Hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, ovaries and testes, parathyroid, thymus, pancreas, pineal gland, molting gland (invertebrates), sweat, salivary, mammary, sebaceous, serigenous and gonads (insects) 
  • Muscles: skeletal (voluntary), smooth (involuntary), cardiac (autonomic) 
  • Skeleton: endoskeleton: bones, joints, cartilage, exoskeleton (invertebrates): organic or mineral 
  • Circulatory systems: blood circulation, lymph circulation, hemolymph (insects), sap (plants), gas exchange, urine, excreta, reproductive cells 
  • Nervous system: somatic, sympathetic, parasympathetic, basal ganglia 
  • Unknown 

Products class:

  • Energy: alpha, beta, delta, gamma waves, electricity, heat (temperature), kinetic energy (including acoustic waves), physical force 
  • Hormones and Pheromones: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Vasopressin, growth hormones, Estrogen, Testosterone, Cortisol, Adrenalin, Insulin, Melatonin, etc., putative and mammary pheromones, plants: ethylene, etc. Insects: territory, trace, alarm, aggregation, sexual pheromones 
  • Gas: carbon dioxide, methane, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide 
  • Fluids: blood, sweat, saliva, bile, vaginal secretion, seminal fluid, milk, lymph, synovial fluid, gastric juices, sap, urine, etc. 
  • Solids: faeces, ova, sperm, silk, honey 
  • Psychophysiological: emotions, stress, feelings, thought, consciousness 
  • Unknown 

Vitality class:

  • Multiplication: cell division, gender (male, female), physical and psychological attraction, internal or external egg, sexuality 
  • Regeneration: rest, sleep, dreams, meditation, hibernation, longevity 
  • Morphology: colors, external tissues (skin, feathers, carapace), limbs 
  • Mobility: crawling, walking, running, flying, swimming, skill, agility 
  • Behavior: aggressiveness, defense, charm, sociability, environmental awareness 
  • Waste elimination: perspiration, dejection, urination 
  • Unknown 

Survival class:

  • Reproduction 
  • Predation 
  • Being  food 
  • Nutrient diffusion

 

Eco-efficiency class:

  • Dominate your ecological niche 
  • Adapt to changes in its environment 
  • Regulate the population of other species 
  • Symbiosis with other species 
  • Consume and release energy optimally