Class Test 1 - 7/8/12 TPC Analyse health issues in a global context.

Health is the quality of a person's physical, psychological and sociological functioning.

Disease is the abnormal state in which part or all of the body is not prperly adjusted, or is not capable of carrying on all its required functions. There is non infectious and infectious diseaes. Microorganisms can be helpful to human beings, but are the agents of many infectiuos diseases. WHO work to minimise the transmission of diseases such as HIV, HPV, viral hepatitis, pneumonia, bird flu, swine flu, influenza.

Pasteur's experiment with the curved necked vessels reputed the theory of spontaneous generation. Koch postulates showed how disease could be tranmitted from an infected source to an uninfected recepiant.

Created by: Margaret McLauchlan
Created on: 05-08-12 06:16

What three aspects are considered when assessing human health?

physical, psychological,sociological well being.

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State two examples of non infectious genetic disease or condition.

diabetes, chronic heart disease

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Write the definition of a prion and give one example.

an infective protein, like mad cow disease.

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Name a primary difference betweeen a bacterium and a virus

virus requires to be inside a living cell to survive

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Name one example of a disease caused by an infectious protozoa

amoebic dysentery

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Until the late 1800's, life forms were thought to arise from non living matter. What was the name of thei theory.

Spontaneous generation

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For which disease was the first vaccine released?

small pox

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Explain the difference between an epidemic and a endemic situaation..

An epidemic relates to a disease attacking a large number of people at one time and endemic refers to any disease that is prevalent in a particular locality

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NAme 3 items of protective equipment you should wear when handling potentially infectious materils.

Goggles, gown, gloves

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WHO stands for

World Health Organisation

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State two examples of non infectious genetic disease or condition.

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diabetes, chronic heart disease

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Write the definition of a prion and give one example.

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Card 4

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Name a primary difference betweeen a bacterium and a virus

Back

Card 5

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Name one example of a disease caused by an infectious protozoa

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Class Test 1 - 7/8/12 TPC Analyse health issues in a global context.