HK 44000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Congenital Disorder, Liver Disease, Diphtheria

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Health and Kinesiology
• Course: HK 44000
• Professor: Hyner Gerald

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1700s and earlier: diagnoses were inconsistent, unscientific, absent, reasons for death, starvation, smallpox, malaria, tb. 1800s/early 1900s: reasons for death, tb, pneumonia, diarrhea, heart disease, liver disease. Injuries: stroke, cancers, diphtheria, for every 3 soldiers killed in battle, 5 died of disease, smallpox, tb. Influenza: cholera, major problem in haiti after the earthquake, typhoid. 2000s: reasons for death- all ages, heart disease, cancers, stroke, copd, alzhei(cid:373)er"s, diabetes. Increase in number of cells: metaplasia, cell changes type in response to external stimulus, has the capability for reversal in most cases, dysplasia, condition in which the development and maturation of cells are disturbed and abnormal. The unpaired electron alters the chemical reactivity of the molecule/atom, making it more reactive. Can you site examples of each of these? (9 and 10 answered below: regardi(cid:374)g si(cid:374)gle ge(cid:374)e defects co(cid:374)trast do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t, recessi(cid:448)e, a(cid:374)d x-linked disorders.