HSC&A Chapter 7

Question 1

What is any condition that interferes with the normal functioning of the body?

Answer 1

disease

Question 2

What are teht wo broad types of disease?

Answer 2

infectious disease and non-infectious disease

Question 3

What disease has a long duration and slow progression?

Answer 3

chronic disease

Question 4

What disease cannot be reversed or treated?

Answer 4

incurable disease

Question 5

What disease leads to death?

Answer 5

terminal disease

Question 6

What disease is caused by pathogens that can be passed around?

Answer 6

communicable disease

Question 7

What diseases are not caused by pathogens, but is caused by factors such as genes, diet, behavior, and smoking?

Answer 7

noncommunicable disease

Question 8

What is a condition that causes abnormality of function?

Answer 8

a disorder

Question 9

What is a group of symptoms that indicate a disease, psychological disorder, or other abnormal condition?

Answer 9

syndrome

Question 10

What type of disease results from abnormalities in the genes?

Answer 10

hereditary

Question 11

What are the diseases that are caused by a flaw in a single gene?

Answer 11

monogenic diseases

Question 12

About how many monogenic diseases have been identified by the WHO?

Answer 12

about 10,000

Question 13

What is Down Syndrome also known as?

Answer 13

Trisomy 21

Question 14

People of what descent are more affected by Sickle Cell Anemia?

Answer 14

African and Mediterranean descent

Question 15

What disease causes red blood cells to take on a sickle shape?

Answer 15

Sickle Cell Anemia

Question 16

What is congenital disease also known as?

Answer 16

birth defects

Question 17

What congenital disease is characterized by permanent partial paralysis and lack of muscle coordination?

Answer 17

cerebral palsy

Question 18

What type of disease results from exposure to air and water pollution, pesticides, and other chemicals, the sun, asbestos, and radiation?

Answer 18

environmental disease

Question 19

A prolonged deficiency of vitamin D causes what?

Answer 19

osteomalacia

Question 20

What is the condition in which a person has too much body fat?

Answer 20

obesity

Question 21

A BMI of what or higher indicates obesity?

Answer 21

30

Question 22

When was obesity classified as a disease by the American Medical Association?

Answer 22

2013

Question 23

What occurs when pathogenic microorganisms enter the body and overcome the body’s normal defenses, and multiply to the point that diseease occurs?

Answer 23

infection

Question 24

What are infectious diseases also known as?

Answer 24

communicable diseases

Question 25

What is Hepatitis D also known as?

Answer 25

the delta virus

Question 26

How is Hepatitis E spread?

Answer 26

through contaminated water

Question 27

What is the serious bacterial disease that affects the nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions, particularly in the jaw and neck muscles?

Answer 27

tetanus

Question 28

What is the joint diosrder involving inflammation at the joints?

Answer 28

arthritis

Question 29

What is the most common form of arthritis?

Answer 29

osteoarthritis

Question 30

What is the most common form of dementia?

Answer 30

Alzheimer's disease

Question 31

What disease prevents brain cells from functioning correctly?

Answer 31

Alzheimer's disease

Question 32

What is the name for any physical injuiry to the body caused by an accident or violence, and also may be self-inflicted?

Answer 32

trauma

Question 33

What is the term for the buildup of plaque in the arteries, which is the most common cause of heart disease?

Answer 33

artherosclerosis

Question 34

What is the disease that occurs when an abnormal growth of cells multiplies rapidly in the body?

Answer 34

cancer

Question 35

What is a tumor that can be either malignant or benign?

Answer 35

neoplasm

Question 36

What is a stroke also known as?

Answer 36

a cerebral vascular accident

Question 37

What are the two types of stroke?

Answer 37

ischemic and hemorrhagic

Question 38

What stroke occurs when one of the arteries of the brian is blocked?

Answer 38

ischemic stroke

Question 39

What stroke occurs when an artery in the brain ruptures, causing bleeding in the brain?

Answer 39

hemorrhagic stroke

Question 40

What is the disease in which the body is no longer able to carefully control blood glucose, leading to abnormally high levels of blood glucose?

Answer 40

diabetes

Question 41

What is the condition in which the kidneys are damaged and can't filter blood as well as healthy kidneys?

Answer 41

kidney disease

Question 42

What is the mental condition characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships, as well as difficulties with language and abstract concepts?

Answer 42

autism

Question 43

What is created when a doctor doesn't include accurate instructions with an antibiotic prescription or when a patient doesn't take all of the pills in an antibiotic treatment?

Answer 43

drug-resistant bacteria

Question 44

What is listeriosis commonly called?

Answer 44

listeria

Question 45

What is the infection caused by eating listeria monocytogenes bacteria?

Answer 45

listeriosis

Question 46

What is the branch of biotechnology that uses techniques from molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics to analyze the structure, function, and interactiosn of the protiens in an organism?

Answer 46

human proteomics

Question 47

What is the largely scientific field that uses advances in life science to study or solve problems?

Answer 47

biotechnology

Question 48

What is the process used to create an exact genetic replica of a cell, tissue, or organism?

Answer 48

cloning