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Anatomy -Mechanism of disease

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Examples of the disease category include cirrhosis, osteoporosis, and arthritis:

a)

Degenerative diseases

b)

Metabolic diseases

c)

Infectious diseases

d)

Metabolic diseases

2.

Obesity and alcoholism are included in this type of disease:

a)

Infectious diseases

b)

Nutritional diseases

c)

Immune diseases

d)

Metabolic diseases

3.

Predisposing causes of disease include (select all that apply)

a)

Age

b)

Cognitive development

c)

Emotional disturbances

d)

Pre-existing illnesses

4.

A disease without a known cause is called

a)

Epidmiology

b)

Iatrogenic

c)

Idiopathic

d)

Prevalence

5.

The frequency of a disease in a given group and/or the number of cases of a disease present in a given population

a)

Mortality rate

b)

Incidence rate

c)

Prevalence rate

d)

Virulence rate

6.

People in a given region acquire a certain disease at the same time is said to be

a)

Endemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Epidemic

7.

A complex disorder classified by a cluster of typical symptoms and signs is________

a)

Latency

b)

Syndrome

c)

Symptoms

d)

Diagnosis

8.

The complementary and alternative medicine that is a philosophy of helping people to heal themselves by developing healthy lifestyles

a)

Chiropractic

b)

Acunpuncture

c)

Biofeedback

d)

Naturopathy

9.

The _________________________ is responsible for protecting and improving health of the American public at home and abroad

a)

CDC

b)

WHO

c)

Healthy people 2020

d)

FDA

10.

A disease-causing microorganism is a ________________

a)

Infection

b)

Microbe

c)

Pathogen

d)

Parasite

11.

The four types of microorganisms

a)

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa

b)

Parasite, bacteria, fungi, helminth

c)

Bacteria, vector, fungi, protozoa

d)

Bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite

12.

Bacteria that grows in the absence of oxygen

a)

Endospore

b)

Aerobic

c)

Candida

d)

Anaerobic

13.

Cocci infections include (select all that apply)

a)

Tetanus

b)

gonorrhea

c)

pneumonia

d)

diphtheria

e)

meningitis

14.

Helicobacter pylori is what type of microorganism

a)

cocci

b)

spirilla

c)

bacilli

d)

vibrios

15.

Yeast that commonly affects humans

a)

mold

b)

mycotic

c)

prion

d)

candida

16.

Most common waterborne disease

a)

sporozoa

b)

giardiasis

c)

ascaris

d)

amoeba

17.

Hookworms live in

a)

small intestine

b)

large intestine

c)

lungs

d)

lymph

18.

A tiny arachnid that spreads through close contact or contaminated clothes or bedding

a)

pediculosis capitis

b)

pediculosis pubis

c)

tinea

d)

sarcoptes scabiei