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Similarities Between Their Deaths: A Case Study
After reviewing the case study and each individual, I was able to distinguish a few similarities between their deaths. The symptoms that most patient’s exhibited were a headache, confusion, shortness of breath or rapid breathing, dizziness, and vomiting (Gazdik, 2010). Another similarity between the individuals was that most of their deaths occurred within a few hours of their symptoms and were very rapid (Gazdik, 2010). A connection between the seven individuals is that they all resided in the same neighborhood and/or family (Gazdik, 2010).
The function of the cell that looked like it was interrupted was cellular respiration, which is a function of the mitochondria. Cellular respiration is defined as the process of cellular level breathing,

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