Deck 13: A Growing Challenge: Chronic Diseases

Question 1

If a person has cancer in an organ or gland that secretes, such as the breasts, which produce milk, or the lungs, which secrete mucus, with which type of cancer will this person most likely be diagnosed?

A) Sarcoma
B) Leukemia
C) Carcinoma
D) Lymphoma

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If the laboratory results of a patient's glucose tolerance test reveal a blood glucose level of 128 mg/dL, how should this patient be diagnosed?

A) Normal
B) Prediabetes
C) Type 1 diabetes
D) Type 2 diabetes

Answer 2

A

Question 3

For individuals with exercise-induced asthma who wish to remain active, participation in which of the following sports would be the safest option?

A) Soccer
B) Swimming
C) Basketball
D) Long-distance running

Answer 3

B

Question 4

When you have asthma, your body has a hard time getting enough oxygen when you breathe in and a hard time getting rid of the carbon dioxide in your body when you breathe out.

Question 5

We know more about how social determinants affect prevention of type 2 diabetes than we do about how these determinants impact disease progression.

Question 6

When a blood vessel in the brain bursts and the resulting buildup of blood damages brain tissue, this is referred to as a(n) _______ stroke.

Question 7

_______, which does not involve tumors, is also sometimes referred to as "liquid cancer."

Question 8

Currently, the most deadly form of cancer is considered to be _______ cancer, in which only 7% of those diagnosed will survive 5 years.

Question 9

Previously called juvenile diabetes, _______ diabetes is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks beta cells in the pancreas, causing them to lose the ability to produce insulin.

Question 10

When a person has _______, the airways are inflamed, meaning they are swollen and very sensitive.