Human Diseases Final

Questions on human diseases

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What does Addison's disease result from?
Any disease process that damages the entire adrenal cortex
most cases are due to an autoimmune process
Define homozygous
Person having the same two alleles of a particular gene
having brown eyes because both parents have brown eyes
What are the signs of epilepsy?
Petit mal
grand mal-classic seizure
Which contagious skin disease is related to poor living conditions?
Impetigo
What are the ventricles of the brain filled with?
Cerebrospinal fluid
Whom does kleinfelter's syndrome occur in?
1 in 500 to 1 in 1000 males
How is CSF collected
Lumbar puncture
What is a cyst?
A sac or capsule containing fluid; usually harmless
Which fluid fills the joints spaces and bursae?
Synovial fluid
Achondroplasia dwarfism results from?
One defective dominant allele
What is acromegaly?
Condition that results from excessive production of growth hormone after puberty
What type of hereditary trait appears in every generation?
Dominant
What is osteitis deformans?
Paget's disease
overproduction of bone, particularly in the skull, vertebrae and pelvis.
What are the characteristics of sex-linked diseases?
Result from defective genes on the x chromosome, which makes the diseases more common in men.
Which endocrine glad regulates metabolic rate or cellular oxygen consumption?
Thyroid gland