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WorksheetsGENETIC DISORDERS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is an Autosomal Recessive Inheritance?
Cystic Fibrosis
Down Syndrome
Ocular Albinism
Polycystic Kidney Disease
A rare genetic disorder where in the blood does not clot in a typical way that it should due to insufficient blood-clotting factors.
Sickle Cell Anemia
Hemophilia
Phenylketonuria
Rett Syndrome
The inability of the body to digest sugar molecules results in which of these genetic disorders?
Rett Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
Hunter Syndrome
Diabetes
The patient in the picture suffers from which type of genetic disorder?
Fragile X syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
Huntington's Disease
Which of the following is NOT a chromosomal inheritance?
Trisomy 21
Cri du chat Syndrome
Klinefelter's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
Which genetic disorder is caused by the elongation of a repetitive part of the X chromosome within the FMR1 gene?
Coffin-Lowry Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
Rett Syndrome
Incontinentia Pigmenti
What genetic disorder is characterized by the body's inability to remove low density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol from the blood causing problems in the arteries?
Coronary Heart Disease
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Heart Failure
Atherosclerosis
It is a disorder that prevents the changing of cartilage to bone that results in patients with short-limbed dwarfism.
achondroplasia
neurofibromatosis
Huntington's Disease
Arthritis
The following are X-Linked inheritance disorders EXCEPT ______.
Hemophilia
Incontinentia Pigmenti
Coffin-Lowry Syndrome
Sickle Cell Anemia
Polygenic Inheritance is also known as ______.
Chromosomal Inheritance
Single Gene Inheritance
Mitochondrial Inheritance
Multifactorial Inheritance
Which of these is a multifactorial inheritance disorder?
diabetes
cystic fibrosis
Von Willebrand Disease
Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
What do you call the genetic disorder caused by the deletion of genetic material on the small arm of chromosome 5?
Triple X syndrome
MELAS
Cri du chat syndrome
Hunter's syndrome
The patient in the picture suffers from which type of genetic disorder?
Myotonic Dystrophy
Neurofibromatosis
Marfan Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
The gradual erosion of the cartilage that protects the ends of leg bones is called _______.
sprain
bone cancer
arthritis
osteoporosis
What hormones controls the level of sugar or blood glucose in the body?
glucogen
insulin
melatonin
adrenaline
Von Willebrand disease is a blood-related disorder.
TRUE
FALSE
In autosomal dominant inheritance, only one copy of a defective gene (from either parent) is necessary to cause the condition.
TRUE
FALSE
In X-linked recessive inheritance, daughters will be affected if the father is also affected by the disorder.
TRUE
FALSE
X-linked dominant inheritance is more common than X-linked recessive disorders.
TRUE
FALSE
In type 2 diabetes, the body does not make insulin at all.
TRUE
FALSE
