Human Diseases Chapter 1 questions and answers

Human Diseases Chapter 1
#1 leading cause of death - correct answer-Heart Disease= 654,092

#1 major cause of disease - correct answer-Inflammation/autoimmunity/allergy: asthma,
systemic lupus erythematosus

#10 leading cause of death - correct answer-septicemia=33,464

#2 leading cause of death - correct answer-cancer= 550,270

#2 major cause of disease - correct answer-infection: tuberculosis, influenza

#3 leading cause of death - correct answer-stroke=150,147

#3 major cause of disease - correct answer-neoplasm: lung cancer, malignant melanoma

#4 leading cause of death - correct answer-chronic lower respiratory disease=123,884

#4 major cause of disease - correct answer-heredity: sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis

#5 leading cause of death - correct answer-accidents=108,694

#5 major cause of disease - correct answer-malnutrition: pernicious anemia, iron-deficiency
anemia

#6 leading cause of death - correct answer-diabetes=72,815

#6 major cause of disease - correct answer-stress: hypertension, heart disease

#7 leading cause of death - correct answer-pneumonia/influenza=65,829

#8 leading cause of death - correct answer-alzheimer's disease=61,472

#9 leading cause of death - correct answer-nephritis, nephritic syndrome, and
nephrosis=42,762

acute - correct answer-a disease is that has a sudden onset and a short duration

anatomy - correct answer-study of the normal structure of the body

chronic - correct answer-a disease that may begin insidiously and be long-lived

complication - correct answer-disease that develop in a patient already suffering from a
disease