7-non Communicable Diseases Flashcards
1
Q
What is a non communicable disease?
A
A disease that cannot be passed from one individual to another
2
Q
What is a casual mechanism?
A
How one factor influences another through a biological process
3
Q
What do benign and malignant tumours result from?
A
Abnormal uncontrolled cell division
4
Q
What are benign tumours?
A
They form in one place and do not spread to other tissues
5
Q
What are malignant tumours cells
A
Cancers. They invade neighbouring tissues and may spread to different types of yeh body in the blood where they form secondary tumours
