4.5 HL

NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES also known as _______ DISEASES

• CRONIC

• RONIC

• CHRONIC

• CHRONHIC

Answer explanation

•diseases that are not passed from one person to another

•may be hereditary or a result of lifestyle factors and not from pathogens

————- a condition wherein the immune system becomes hypersensitive to something in the environment

a substance that causes a reaction

Answer explanation

COMMON ALLERGENS: animal dander, foods, plants, medicines, molds, chemicals

passageways that allow air to enter and leave the lungs are inflamed and become narrow

a disease of the heart and blood vessels

• CARDIOVASCULAR DIEASES

• RENAL FAILURE

• ARTHRITIS

occurs when the coronary arteries are narrowed or blocked by waxy substance referred to as PLAQUE

• CORONARY KIDNEY DISEASE

• CORONARY HEART DISEASE

• CORONARY LUNG DISEASE

a group of diseases in which cells divide in an uncontrolled pace

abnormally dividing cells can form a _______

an abnormal growth of tissue

cancerous; undergoes a process called METASTASIS

not cancerous