Lecture 12

Question 1

The most common cause of death in Canada is?

Answer 1

Cancer

Question 2

The most common type of cancer in Canada affecting men is?

Answer 2

Prostate

Question 3

The most common type of cancer for people under the age of 14 is?

Answer 3

Leukemia

Question 4

This type of cancer develops in connective tissue?

Answer 4

Sarcomas

Question 5

The “N” in the TNM staging of cancer means?

Answer 5

Nodes

Question 6

This stage of cancer is described as, “the cancer has spread to other organs or parts of the body. It may also be called advanced or metastatic cancer.”

Answer 6

Stage IV (4)

Question 7

This percentage of cancer which is preventable?

Answer 7

50% of all cancers are preventable

Question 8

What is the most common type of cardiovascular disease in Canada?

Answer 8

Ischemic heart disease

Question 9

This device may significantly improve the survivability of somebody who has a heart attack?

Answer 9

AED

Question 10

This procedure is when a vein is attached around a blocked coronary artery?

Answer 10

CABG (Coronary artery bypass graft surgery)

Question 11

This procedure involves expanding a coronary artery with a balloon catheter?

Answer 11

Balloon Angioplasty

Question 12

This type of diabetes is primarily caused by lifestyle choices and causes the cells to be less sensitive to insulin?

Answer 12

Type 2

Question 13

Type I diabetes is an _____________ disease?

Answer 13

Autoimmune (chronic, life-long)

Question 14

These people are responsible for the discovery of Insulin?

Answer 14

Sir Frederick G Banting, Charles H Best and JJR Macleod at the University of Toronto in 1921

Question 15

Obesity is defined as a BMI of over ______?

Answer 15

30

Question 16

Two types of COPD are?

Answer 16

Chronic Bronchitis
Emphysema

Question 17

The number one cause of COPD is?

Answer 17

Tobacco smoking