WorksheetsAnatomy -Mechanism of disease
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 36mins
Examples of the disease category include cirrhosis, osteoporosis, and arthritis:
Degenerative diseases
Metabolic diseases
Infectious diseases
Metabolic diseases
Obesity and alcoholism are included in this type of disease:
Infectious diseases
Nutritional diseases
Immune diseases
Metabolic diseases
Predisposing causes of disease include (select all that apply)
Age
Cognitive development
Emotional disturbances
Pre-existing illnesses
A disease without a known cause is called
Epidmiology
Iatrogenic
Idiopathic
Prevalence
The frequency of a disease in a given group and/or the number of cases of a disease present in a given population
Mortality rate
Incidence rate
Prevalence rate
Virulence rate
People in a given region acquire a certain disease at the same time is said to be
Endemic
Pandemic
Epidemic
A complex disorder classified by a cluster of typical symptoms and signs is________
Latency
Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
The complementary and alternative medicine that is a philosophy of helping people to heal themselves by developing healthy lifestyles
Chiropractic
Acunpuncture
Biofeedback
Naturopathy
The _________________________ is responsible for protecting and improving health of the American public at home and abroad
CDC
WHO
Healthy people 2020
FDA
A disease-causing microorganism is a ________________
Infection
Microbe
Pathogen
Parasite
The four types of microorganisms
Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa
Parasite, bacteria, fungi, helminth
Bacteria, vector, fungi, protozoa
Bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite
Bacteria that grows in the absence of oxygen
Endospore
Aerobic
Candida
Anaerobic
Cocci infections include (select all that apply)
Tetanus
gonorrhea
pneumonia
diphtheria
meningitis
Helicobacter pylori is what type of microorganism
cocci
spirilla
bacilli
vibrios
Yeast that commonly affects humans
mold
mycotic
prion
candida
Most common waterborne disease
sporozoa
giardiasis
ascaris
amoeba
Hookworms live in
small intestine
large intestine
lungs
lymph
A tiny arachnid that spreads through close contact or contaminated clothes or bedding
pediculosis capitis
pediculosis pubis
tinea
sarcoptes scabiei
