Health B: Chapter 14 Lifestyle Diseases

Which of the following statements is not true about high blood pressure?

It causes a decrease of blood flow to an area of the brain

Which of the following statements about cancer is not true?

Sunbathing is healthy and does not contribute to the risk of skin cancer

Which of the following is true about benign tumors?

They are usually not harmful

Cancer

a disease caused by cells that have lost normal growth controls and that invade and destroy other tissues

Lifestyle disease

a disease that is caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors

Diabetes

a disorder in which cells are unable to obtain glucose from the blood, resulting in high blood-glucose levels

Insulin

a hormone used in treating diabetes that allows glucose to be taken up from the bloodstream by body cells

Malignant tumor

a mass of cells that invades healthy tissue and destroys the tissues it grows in

Stroke

a sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted

Atherosclerosis can be caused by

all of the above

Which of the following is a method for preventing type 2 diabetes?

all of the above

Which of the following statements about heart attacks is not true?

almost all tissue damage due to a heart attack is repaired by the body

Heart attack

damage and loss of function of an area of the heart muscle

What is the result when there is too much blood sugar and a buildup of toxins in the blood?

diabetic coma

A heart attack affects the

heart muscle

Atherosclerosis

narrowing of the arteries caused by a buildup of fatty materials

Cardiovascular disease

progressive damage to the heart and blood vessels

An example of ethnicity as a risk factor for a lifestyle disease is

the increased risk of developing diabetes in Mexican Americans

Chemotherapy

the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells