KNHS 3312 1st exam questions and
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Disease - correct answer ✔✔An abnormality of the structure or function of a part, organ or
system. Can be felt by an individual, or by a group of individuals.
Health - correct answer ✔✔More than the absence of disease, mind and body can function
together as an integrated unit.
Vascular disease - correct answer ✔✔Any abnormal condition of the blood vessels (arteries and
veins).
Arteries (O2 blood), veins (lacking O2 send back to heart), and capillaries (connect arteries to
veins) are the highways of the body
High blood pressure, peripheral artery disease, and atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔What
are some common types of vascular disease?
Infectious disease - correct answer ✔✔Caused by organisms (bacteria, fungi, or parasites).
Transmitted from person to person, animals, or contaminated food/water.
Infectious disease (continued) - correct answer ✔✔Signs and symptoms depends on the
organism, typically fever and fatigue. Prevented by vaccines and hand hygiene.
Measles and chickenpox - correct answer ✔✔What are some examples of infectious disease?
Neoplastic disease - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal mass of tissue results when cells divide more
than they should or don't die when they should. Refers to cancer/tumors (benign or malignant)
, New growth - correct answer ✔✔What does neoplasticism mean?
Malignant - correct answer ✔✔Cancerous
Benign - correct answer ✔✔Not cancerous
Degenerative disease - correct answer ✔✔Disorders which involve tissue degeneration in any
body system
Hereditary, caused by infection, injury, substance abuse, or aging - correct answer ✔✔What
causes degenerative diseases/disorders?
Muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, arthritis - correct answer ✔✔What are
some examples of degenerative diseases?
Idiopathic disease - correct answer ✔✔No identifiable cause, no common historical and/or
clinical features as a group. Each disease must be considered on an individual basis.
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (shortness of breath, dry cough, loss of appetite) - correct answer
✔✔Examples of idiopathic diseases
Congenital disease - correct answer ✔✔Inherited medical condition that occurs at her before
birth
Congenital heart, disease, down syndrome, and spina bifida - correct answer ✔✔Examples of
congenital disease
answers graded A+ updated
Disease - correct answer ✔✔An abnormality of the structure or function of a part, organ or
system. Can be felt by an individual, or by a group of individuals.
Health - correct answer ✔✔More than the absence of disease, mind and body can function
together as an integrated unit.
Vascular disease - correct answer ✔✔Any abnormal condition of the blood vessels (arteries and
veins).
Arteries (O2 blood), veins (lacking O2 send back to heart), and capillaries (connect arteries to
veins) are the highways of the body
High blood pressure, peripheral artery disease, and atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔What
are some common types of vascular disease?
Infectious disease - correct answer ✔✔Caused by organisms (bacteria, fungi, or parasites).
Transmitted from person to person, animals, or contaminated food/water.
Infectious disease (continued) - correct answer ✔✔Signs and symptoms depends on the
organism, typically fever and fatigue. Prevented by vaccines and hand hygiene.
Measles and chickenpox - correct answer ✔✔What are some examples of infectious disease?
Neoplastic disease - correct answer ✔✔Abnormal mass of tissue results when cells divide more
than they should or don't die when they should. Refers to cancer/tumors (benign or malignant)
, New growth - correct answer ✔✔What does neoplasticism mean?
Malignant - correct answer ✔✔Cancerous
Benign - correct answer ✔✔Not cancerous
Degenerative disease - correct answer ✔✔Disorders which involve tissue degeneration in any
body system
Hereditary, caused by infection, injury, substance abuse, or aging - correct answer ✔✔What
causes degenerative diseases/disorders?
Muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, arthritis - correct answer ✔✔What are
some examples of degenerative diseases?
Idiopathic disease - correct answer ✔✔No identifiable cause, no common historical and/or
clinical features as a group. Each disease must be considered on an individual basis.
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (shortness of breath, dry cough, loss of appetite) - correct answer
✔✔Examples of idiopathic diseases
Congenital disease - correct answer ✔✔Inherited medical condition that occurs at her before
birth
Congenital heart, disease, down syndrome, and spina bifida - correct answer ✔✔Examples of
congenital disease
