Worksheet 1
1. How would you explain the cell cycle to your patient? (20 points)
Scenario: A 21-yearl-old lady came into the primary care network clinic to avail of health teachings and resources for first time mothers. After graduation from nursing school, Alisha Marston got married to her former classmate and now expecting a baby due in 7 months. After being given instructions for the blood work and necessary health teachings, I offered to further discuss how the fertilized egg in her body would develop into a mature organism. She obliged.
G1, the gap 1 phase is where the cell grows and carries out metabolic processes. S, the synthesis phase where the cell replication of its DNA occurs. G2, the gap 2 phase is where the cell continues to grow making preparations for the second major process: M, the mitosis. G0 phase is where the cell, which temporarily stops dividing or has totally terminated dividing rests.
Picture derived from: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells2.html
Like butterflies going through a life cycle from an egg, into a caterpillar, then a pupa finally a beautiful butterfly, our cells also undergo a developmental process wherein they grow, replicate their …show more content…
Autoimmunity refers to the presence of antibodies and T cells that reacts with self--antigens but this self-reactivity does not necessarily mean a pathogenic outcome. Autoimmune disease features injury caused by the immunologic reaction of the body with its own tissues. (Braunchwald et. al., 2003). Environmental factors and susceptibility genes play a role in developing autoimmune diseases as well as the hormonal status of an individual. Even if the general rule is “self-tolerance”, some individuals have sustained immune response against their own tissue cells. When the “self-tolerance” is gone, autoimmune responses are initiated and these autoimmune reactions cause the severe tissue
1. How would you explain the cell cycle to your patient? (20 points)
Scenario: A 21-yearl-old lady came into the primary care network clinic to avail of health teachings and resources for first time mothers. After graduation from nursing school, Alisha Marston got married to her former classmate and now expecting a baby due in 7 months. After being given instructions for the blood work and necessary health teachings, I offered to further discuss how the fertilized egg in her body would develop into a mature organism. She obliged.
G1, the gap 1 phase is where the cell grows and carries out metabolic processes. S, the synthesis phase where the cell replication of its DNA occurs. G2, the gap 2 phase is where the cell continues to grow making preparations for the second major process: M, the mitosis. G0 phase is where the cell, which temporarily stops dividing or has totally terminated dividing rests.
Picture derived from: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells2.html
Like butterflies going through a life cycle from an egg, into a caterpillar, then a pupa finally a beautiful butterfly, our cells also undergo a developmental process wherein they grow, replicate their …show more content…
Autoimmunity refers to the presence of antibodies and T cells that reacts with self--antigens but this self-reactivity does not necessarily mean a pathogenic outcome. Autoimmune disease features injury caused by the immunologic reaction of the body with its own tissues. (Braunchwald et. al., 2003). Environmental factors and susceptibility genes play a role in developing autoimmune diseases as well as the hormonal status of an individual. Even if the general rule is “self-tolerance”, some individuals have sustained immune response against their own tissue cells. When the “self-tolerance” is gone, autoimmune responses are initiated and these autoimmune reactions cause the severe tissue