non-infectious disease and disorders - causes and effects

Question 1

disease

Answer 1

any unhealthy part of the body that impairs its normal function with known cause

Question 2

disorder

Answer 2

disease with no known/specifc cause

Question 3

syndrome

Answer 3

group of symptoms that consistently occur together

Question 4

types of genetic diseases

Answer 4

chromosomal

single gene

multifactorial

Question 5

chromosomal abnormalities

Answer 5

disease caused by chromosomal mutations such as aneuploidy (extra or missing chromosome) or by structural chromosomal mutations

Question 6

single gene mutations

Answer 6

caused by change to a single gene through substitution, deletion, addition etc - can be dominant or recessive

Question 7

multifactorial diseases

Answer 7

diseases with no single cause, due to a combination of factors which includes a genetic component

Question 8

diseases caused by environmental exposure

Answer 8

any disease that is caused by any agent in the environment besides a pathogen

Question 9

nutritional diseases

Answer 9

disease caused by eating the wrong/too little/ too much food

Question 10

cancer

Answer 10

very complex group of diseases with numerous contributing causes. in most cases it is a multifactorial disease. The chance of developing cancer is high higher when a person has mutant tumor suppressor genes.