If your asleep does your body funtion the same way, as it does when your not asleep?

Question: If your asleep does your body funtion the same way, as it does when your not asleep?
- Keywords:
  body,
  sleep
Asked by blue13 to Hayley, Jason, Sophie on 21 Mar 2013.
- Hayley Evers-King answered on 21 Mar 2013:
  
  I think it does mostly. Your brain probably does a few different things – like you don’t really dream when you’re awake for example. Your breathing probably changes a bit too, hence why people snore!
- Sophie Holles answered on 21 Mar 2013:
  
  Your metabolism is slowed down when you’re asleep, which is why breathing slows down. Your vital functions keep working like digestion, heart beat, breathing, but all slowed down. Your hearing still works so sounds work their way into your dreams and you can be woken up by sounds (like an alarm). This is an adaptive function to keep you safe.

Question: If your asleep does your body funtion the same way, as it does when your not asleep?