6 Causes of Disease Correct Answers -heredity (chromosomal)
-trauma
-inflammation (infection)
-hyperplasia (neoplasms: benign vs. malignant)
-nutritional imbalances (obesity/malnutrition)
-immunity (allergy)
AAA Correct Answers pulsating abdominal mass
Achondroplasia Correct Answers Autosomal Dominant
S/S: looks similar to dwarfism
Anemia Correct Answers Reduction in the total number of
RBCs in the circulating blood, so low O2 in blood
Anion Gap Correct Answers represents unmeasured anions;
high gap = no increase in Cl; normal gap = drop in HCO3
compensated by increase in Cl
Anion Gap equation Correct Answers Na - (Cl+HCO3) = 10-
12
Aplastic Anemia Correct Answers bone marrow dysfunction
Apoptosis Correct Answers programmed cell death, energy
dependent, affects individual cell
Atrophy Correct Answers decrease in cell size
, B12 / Prenicious Anemia Correct Answers paresthesia of
fingers & feet
Color Blindness Correct Answers x-linked
Congenital Aqueductal Stenosis Correct Answers X-linked
S/S: difficulty looking up
Cystic Fibrosis Correct Answers Autosomal Recessive
S/S: over production of mucus, men have no vas deferens
DIC Correct Answers widespread clotting takes all the platelets
which leads to hemorrhage
Down Syndrome Correct Answers Trisomy 21
-chromosomal disorder based on mom's age
-when someone has three chromosome 21s
Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy Correct Answers X-linked
S/S: walks on tip toes/abnormal walking, frequent falls, weak
muscles
Dysmenorrhagia Correct Answers severe cramping
Dysplasia Correct Answers abnormal changes in size, shape &
organization of matured cell
Edema Correct Answers excessive accumulation of fluid in the
IS spaces
Hemophilia A&B Correct Answers X-linked