Degenerative Diseases

Question 1

senile dementia
slow progression

Answer 1

Alzheimers

Question 2

Hereditary
Defect of Chromosome #4

Answer 2

Huntingtons Chorea

Question 3

Lack of dopamine
motor system

Answer 3

Parkinsons

Question 4

Lou GehrigsMuscle Atrophy

Answer 4

ALS

Question 5

Autoimmune
Damage to myelin sheath

Answer 5

MS

Question 6

Rare form of Demential
Effects frontal/temporal lobe

Answer 6

Pick’s Disease

Question 7

Port-wine stain
Present at birth

Answer 7

Sturge-Weber

Question 8

Rare/Genetic
Causes non-malignant tumors
Mild-severe DD
Uncontrollable sz
Cafe-Au-Lait spots

Answer 8

Tuberous Sclerosis

Question 9

Too much copper
damage to liver and cns
Kayser-fleischer ring
Dystonia

Answer 9

Wilsons Disease

Question 10

Rare/inherited childhood disorder
Fatty build up in cns
normal development for a few months

Answer 10

Tay-Sachs disease

Question 11

Rare/inherited birth defect
build of protein
low protein diet

Answer 11

Phenylketonuria/PKU

Question 12

Gene on X chromosome
Affects females

Answer 12

Rett syndrome

Question 13

inherited childhood
Buildup of lipids

Answer 13

Battens Disease

Question 14

Lipids collect in spleen/liver/brain
fatal by 18months
Cherry red eye spot

Answer 14

Niemann-Pick

Question 15

incorrect development of myelin
onset 3-6months

Answer 15

Krabbe’s

Question 16

Copper deficiency
infancny
Kinky Hair

Answer 16

Menkes