Unit 14- Physiological disorders Exam
And Correct Answers.
Physiological disorder - Answer Is where organs within the body start to malfunction causing illness.
Allele - Answer one of a number of different forms of a gene
Auto-immune disorder - Answer Disorder where the body's natural defences (immune system) attack
and destroy the healthy body tissue by mistake.
Sign - Answer Objective indiciation of a disease, found through observation.
Symptom - Answer A change in body function that is felt by a patient as a result of disease
Type 1 diabetes - Answer disorder in which the body cannot produce enough insulin
Type 2 diabetes - Answer Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most often obese
individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization
coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production.
rheumatoid arthritis - Answer a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some organs of
other body systems are attacked
Parkinson's disease - Answer A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often
including tremors.
Alzheimer's disease - Answer a progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual
deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and, finally, physical functioning
And Correct Answers.
Physiological disorder - Answer Is where organs within the body start to malfunction causing illness.
Allele - Answer one of a number of different forms of a gene
Auto-immune disorder - Answer Disorder where the body's natural defences (immune system) attack
and destroy the healthy body tissue by mistake.
Sign - Answer Objective indiciation of a disease, found through observation.
Symptom - Answer A change in body function that is felt by a patient as a result of disease
Type 1 diabetes - Answer disorder in which the body cannot produce enough insulin
Type 2 diabetes - Answer Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most often obese
individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization
coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production.
rheumatoid arthritis - Answer a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some organs of
other body systems are attacked
Parkinson's disease - Answer A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often
including tremors.
Alzheimer's disease - Answer a progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual
deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and, finally, physical functioning
