Cell communication is essential for all multicellular organisms. All of the billions of cells of a human must communicate in order to achieve everyday things like eating walking or talking. communication among cells is also key in unicellular organisms that need to communicate with other organisms to get food and mate.by studing cell communication we are helping to answer some of the most important questions in biology and medicine. it is allowing us to learn how cells communicate in areas like embryological development to hormone action to the development of cancer and other fatal diseases.
the signals recieved by cells can come from other cells or from some change in the organisms environment and can take various forms. cells can sense and respond to electromagnetic signals, such as light, and to mechanical senses, such as touch. however cells most used form of communication is through chemical signals. so it is essensial for ells to commuicate with each other in order to function properly
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1) what are some ways cells communicate and why is it important for them to communicate?
2) how could cell communication help in the study of fatal diseases like cancer?
3) what would be some effects of cells not being able to communicate with each other?
1. Cells communicate through electromagnetic signals, mechanical senses, and changes in the organism's enviroment. This communication allows us complete the simplest of tasks (breathing) to the most complex.
ReplyDelete2. Cell communication is allowing us to learn how cells communicate during embryological development and how hormones react to these messages.
3. Cells are unable to communicate for several reasons, these include disease, injury (such as paralysis), poisoning, etc. With out the communication of cells, life would be impossible. We could not accomplish anything.
1.mechanical senses, electromagnetic signals,chemical signals and changes in the organism's enviroment. This helps us do various tasks.
ReplyDelete2.We can find out why cancer developes and we can also find new ways to combat the effects of cancer or other deseases.
3.There would be alot of confusion with little or no ability to function even with the smallest of tasks. The body wouldn't be able to function.