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INTRODUCTION TO RADIOLOGY AND PATIENT CARE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Terms in this set (21)
Health is defined as a state of
How does
complete physical, mental, and
the WHO
social well-being, and not merely
define
the
health?
absence of disease or infirmity.
Disease is defined as the pattern of
What is response of a living organism to
Sheldon's some form of injury, viewed as
definition of disordered function rather than
disease? only as altered
structure.
What is the Mortality refers to the death rate.
definition of
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mortality?
Morbidity refers to the occurrence of a
What is morbidity?
disease or a
condition.
What is the life The life expectancy in the US is 78.6
expectancy in the years.
US?
What are the top 1. Heart disease 2. Cancer 3. Unintentional
three injury
leading causes of (accidents, MVA's)
death?
Name two 1. Obesity 2. Hypertension
examples of
morbidity.
Which diseases Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio
have been is nearing
eradicated? eradication.
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