description of the process by which the body keeps internal conditions within bounds compatible for life?
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I think tou should put this in the medecine category
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me·tab·o·lism (mĭ-tăb'ə-lĭz'əm)\nn.\nThe complex of physical and chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life. In metabolism some substances are broken down to yield energy for vital processes while other substances, necessary for life, are synthesized.\nThe functioning of a specific substance, such as water, within the living body.\n\nWALKING
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capacity to growth,functional activity, and continual change until death.
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To conserve body heat and energy.
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The Respiratory system has its central processing functions in the lungs.  The lungs compose of thousands of little "sacks" which expand and contract to breath in and out.  In the lungs oxygen is transferred to the red blood cells which contain haemoglobin.  The haemoglobin is very good at storing/transporting oxygen.  This travels around the circulatory system, and the oxygen rich red blood cells visit cappillaries all throughout the body in order to keep the body functions alive.  The deteriorating effects of Oxygen, however, are what cause us to age.  Oxygen is in fact our source of life, and the reason we eventually die.\n\nThe digestive system is the source for all of our growth.  In order to become larger, we must ingest complex chemical compounds and convert these into proteins.  Energy gained from digestion allows us to function internally as well as externally.  Our digestive system allows the heart to pump and function the circulatory system.  The circulatory system is supplied by both the digestive and respiratory systems and transports Oxygen/proteins/white blood cells, etc. around the body.  \n\nSo these three systems are related in that simple way, but there are many other ways to relate the work the digestive and circulatory system do that affect the respiratory system.
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Breathing, the process whereby an organism (living thing) obtains oxygen from its surroundings, to take part in internal chemical reactions which break down food to release energy. Breathing also usually gives out waste carbon dioxide as an unwanted by-product of these reactions. Breathing is one aspect of respiration, which is a term that includes both physically obtaining oxygen, and also using it in chemical pathways inside cells to release energy—the process of cellular respiration\n\nMany aquatic animals obtain oxygen dissolved in the water by muscle-powered movements, such as when the forward motion of a fish or the pumping actions of its mouth and throat force a flow of water over its gills ( See also Fish). This is underwater breathing. Tiny organisms “breathe” by the process of passive seepage or diffusion of oxygen through their body surfaces. Plants also obtain oxygen by diffusion from the air or water around them, usually into the leaves.
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Not much that I know of.\n\nWhat you say about energy is accurate, however, the energy in the body is maintained by chemical reactions which keep the body warm and at 98.6 F. Energy flows out of the body as heat, and exits the surface of the body as infrared radiation. When you die, the chemical reactions slow to a stop, and the cells break down chemically to give up their last ergs of organized energy. The heat produced also radiates away from the body as infrared radiation until the body reaches equilibrium with its environment and absorbs as much infrared 'heat' radiation as it emits.\n\nSo far as we know, that is all there is to the process of death, and there is no violation of energy conservation.\n\nHope this helps,\nUltimeaciax
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Stresses on the body increase as a function of body parts remaining immobile for extended periods
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If parts/organs stop working, it depends on which organs or systems.  Overall, your answer is related to the process of homeostasis referring to the body's balance.  Specifically, your reference to the integumentary system (meaning skin, hair, fingernails, sweat glands, oil glands, etc). would affect those things I listed.
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Balance Your Body Chemistry.\n\nIf you've ever taken chemistry in high school you're familiar with this simple experiment to test the conductivity of salt. Two ends of an electrical wire are attached to a light bulb. The other ends are submerged in a glass of water. Because water alone is not conductive, the bulb does not light up. But when we add a little salt to the water the bulb starts to glow.\n\nIt's the same with our body. When we lack the natural elements in salt we suffer from a chronic energy deficit, or deficit of information. Salt is a core essential nutrient with exceptional abilities and qualities fundamental for keeping us alive.\n\nScience and medicine have tried to define the precise roles of salt in the healthy and diseased human organism. Blood, sweat, and tears all contain salt, and both the skin and the eyes are protected from infectious germs by the anti-bacterial effect of salt. When salt is added to a liquid, particles with opposite charges are formed: a positively charged sodium ion and a negatively charged chloride ion. This is the basis of osmosis which regulates fluid pressure within living cells and protects the body against excessive water loss (as in diarrhoea or on heavy sweating).  Sodium and chloride ions, as well as potassium ions, create a measurable difference in potential across cell membranes. This ensures that the fluid inside living cells remains separate from that outside. Thus, although the human body consists mainly of water, our "inner ocean" does not flow away or evaporate. Sodium ions create a high pressure of liquid in the kidneys and thus regulate their metabolic function. Water is extracted through the renal drainage system. The body thus loses a minimal amount of essential water. Out of 1500 litres of blood which pass daily through the kidneys, only about 1.5 litres of liquid leave the body as urine. \n\nSalt is "fuel" for nerves. Streams of positively and negatively charged ions send impulses to nerve fibres. A muscle cell will only contract if an impulse reaches it. Nerve impulses are partly propelled by co-ordinated changes in charged particles.
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In biology, the term you are looking for, I believe, is coelem. Most animals have a "true body cavity", the coelem. This is where the internal organs are located.
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The human Soul is the result of the Spirit entity dwells in the human corporeal body. The spirit being shall lives in the corporeal body only when there is continuance of the existence of chemical compound reactions in the body, such as availability of energy, radiation, blood flows, etc.\n\nNormally after a person is proclaim to be death, its internal organ or brain still carry some activity but at very minimal level, thus there is some sort of chemical compound activity such as heat dissipated from the body and temperature drops down, then some muscles become tense.
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Depends on what you mean by internal environment.   Epithelium or epithelial cells covers/lines organs, tissues etc so If you're talking about an organ, vessel, the human body, then YES
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At death, the human body is basically the same temperature that it was the instant before (when it was alive).  The body will then acclimate, just like any inanimate object, itself to the surrounding temperature over a period of time.
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OPPS SORRY, I sent incomplete. Believe it or not, it is generally described as thus: The body wants to have 2/3 of the water inside the cells \n(intracellular fluid) and 1/3 of the water between the cells (extracellular) however a Teacher is probably looking for the technical name of: interstitial fluid
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A rythmic expulsion of carbon dioxide which aids in maintaining the proper pH balance in the bloodstream in order to maintain life.
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It evaporates.  Remember your body temperature is very warm (98.6 deg).  Your skin is an organ that is designed to protect your body by keeping things out.  You may get a little absorption on the outer most layer, but even it will eventually evaporate.