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Decks in this class (26)

Determinants of Health and Disease
Define a stress 1,
Define a strain 2,
Define adaptation 3
39  cards
Definitions of health and disease.
Who are lay 1,
How do the general public define ...,
How do young people describe heal...
42  cards
Disease causing microorganisms new
Are microbes the enemy 1,
What microbes are healthy 2,
What is the human microbiota 3
159  cards
Bacterial growth
What is bacterial growth 1,
What is generation time 2,
What is exponential growth or log...
67  cards
Microbiology intro
When is a person in good health 1,
What is healthy 2,
What is remaining healthy also de...
68  cards
Microbial control
How is microbial growth effected 1,
What does microbial growth involv...,
What are the principles of microb...
54  cards
Epidemiology 1
What does epi mean 1,
What does demos mean 2,
What does logia mean 3
90  cards
Epidemiology 2a
What can vary from one individual...,
What is anthropometry 2,
What can variables be 3
21  cards
Epidemiology 2c
What animal did humans get monkey...,
How is monkeypox transmitted to h...,
What is monkey pox also referred ...
29  cards
Epidemiology 3a
What is tajikistan 1,
What happened to tajikistan in 19...,
Why did tajikistan become an inde...
101  cards
Epidemiology 3b
What are viruses known to do when...,
How quickly does sars cov 2 mutat...,
Give an example of how slow sars ...
21  cards
Brain Health and Dementia 1a
What does the central nervous sys...,
What does the peripheral nervous ...,
What are motor neurons also known...
149  cards
Brain Health and Dementia 1b
What happens to the body with time 1,
Why does the body deteriorate ove...,
Why do telomeres shrink 3
125  cards
Brain Health and Dementia 2a
What is horizontal plane also kno...,
Describe transverse plane 2,
Describe frontal coronal plane 3
28  cards
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Whos dying from cardiovascular di...,
The deaths due to cvd have been f...,
Rate of cvd isnt too high in the 3
166  cards
Respiratory Disease
Define respiratory diseases 1,
Why is their less deaths due to r...,
If smoking doesn t give you lung ...
93  cards
Cancer 1
What is cancer 1,
There are more than types of canc...,
Most cancers are named for the 3
88  cards
Cancer 2
Multiple genetic changes 1,
Knudson proposed that carcinogene...,
What are the first events hits of...
40  cards
Cancer 1 redo
What is cancer 1,
There are more than types of canc...,
Most cancers are named for the 3
88  cards
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is not a disea...,
Metabolic syndrome is characteris...,
In metabolic syndrome the person ...
73  cards
Diabetes
Diabetes is characterised by 1,
Two types of diabetes 2,
Whats diabetes mellitus character...
96  cards
Allergy 1
You body creates a 1,
The skin forms a 2,
The bag of the skin keeps 3
76  cards
Allergy 2
Whats chemical sensitivity 1,
Examples of chemical sensitivity 2,
Symptoms of chemical sensitivity ...
74  cards
Gastrointestinal Disease and Gut Microbiota
Gi cancers are the 1,
The human digestive system produc...,
Role of saliva 3
86  cards
Ageing
What is ageing 1,
Common processes seen in most age...,
Examples of functional decline as...
76  cards
Genetics and Disease
What did louis pasteur do 1,
What did claude bernard postulate 2,
What is gxe 3
20  cards

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