Bio2101C05 Research and Report

Bio2101C05Research and Report
.Module 3 Assignment: Research and Report
Assignment
Overview
The integumentary and skeletal systems work together as the
body’s first line of defense. As we age, cellular processes slow
down and our defenses start to falter. Your task is to explore the
functional relationship between these two systems and examine
why osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease.
Instructions
1. Imagine that you have been asked to write a scientific
article to be published in a prominent journal on the topic
of osteoporosis as a multifactorial disease. Prepare a
written paper of at least 1000 words on the following bullet
points:
a. What is the functional relationship between the
integumentary and skeletal systems?
b. How does failure to maintain homeostasis in the
integumentary system affect bone formation and
remodeling processes? Be sure to discuss how the
different types of bone cells respond to different
factors (e.g., ions, hormones, cellular signaling
molecules, etc.) and what the driving force behind
maintaining homeostasis in the bone remodeling
process.
c. Describe the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and explain
why it is considered a multifactorial disease.
d. How do current therapies address these failures to
maintain homeostasis and ameliorate the effects of
osteoporosis?
2. Your paper should be formatted as a proper research paper
with an introduction and conclusion. Do not simply follow
the bullet points above, but really think about what you
have learned and how that relates to other material we have
covered, and knowledge you have from other courses you
may have taken. The Research and Report assignments in
this course are capstone assignments for each module. You
should be integrating everything that you learned in the
textbook, explorations, discussions, and lab activities into
your papers.
3. All references must be cited using APA Style format. Please
refer to the CCCOnline APA Citation Toolkit.