Chapter 6 Definitions

Question 1

Microscopic examination of tissue cells

Answer 1

Biopsy

Question 2

Lowering of effective power, vitality, or essential quality to to a worsened kind or state; to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition.

Answer 2

Degeneration

Question 3

Non infectious/ hereditary, environment, and a person’s lifestyle

Answer 3

Degenerative disease

Question 4

Renew or restore

Answer 4

Regenerate

Question 5

Diseases caused by health class

Answer 5

Lifestyle diseases

Question 6

Hardening of the arteries

Answer 6

Arteriosclerosis

Question 7

Force of blood on the inside walls of the main artery

Answer 7

Blood pressure

Question 8

Abnormal cells growing wo control

Answer 8

Cancer

Question 9

Not cancerous

Answer 9

Benign

Question 10

Malignant

Answer 10

cancerous

Question 11

Results when the pancreas does not produce adequate amounts of insulin.

Answer 11

Diabetes Miletus

Question 12

Progressive condition In which the cells in the brain degenerate and the brain loses its ability to function.

Answer 12

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 13

High blood pressure

Answer 13

Hypertension

Question 14

Hereditary, the environment, and lifestyle, cause this

Answer 14

Non infectious disease

Question 15

Buildup of fat deposits in the artery walls

Answer 15

Atherosclerosis

Question 16

Pain, swelling, stiffness, and redness in the joints.

Answer 16

Arthritis