HOW DO CELLS RESPOND TO STRESS

How do Cells Respond to Stress?

Cellular responses to stress include:   Hypertrophy: Increase in size. Hyperplasia: Increase in number. Physiologic Hyperplasia  Pathologic Hyperplasia  Atrophy: Degeneration due to lack of use.   Metaplasia: The development of a specific type of cell as a replacement for another…