Analyze factors that can affect cellular activities....
This is an incredibly broad objective that could really go anywhere, so I ultimately decided to just simply make a list of things that we've studied that can affect cellular activites...
Disease and Illness
Excess or Deficient Enzyme activity
Excess or Deficient Hormonal Activity
Stress
Respiratory Acidosis
Respiratory Alkalosis
Metabolic Acidosis
Metabolic Alkalosis
Medications
Treatments/ Medical Procedures
Malnutrition
Protein/Vitamin/ Mineral Deficiency
Blood Pressure
Blood Volume
Immunodeficiency
Viral or Bacterial Infection
Dehydration
Temperature
Neural controls
So theres a point that I'm getting at here. There is not much of anything that has any effect on the body that could not in some way, shape, or form affect cellular activity. If I've learned nothing else from this class, I have learned that the human body is an extremely complex machine in which all systems must be working "in concert with one another" in order to stay within the narrow range that helps the body to maintain homeostasis!
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