Biology Questions and Answers
Degenerative
Diseases
- What are degenerative
diseases?
Degenerative disinfectious prevalent diseases weases are non (^) hose
incidences increase with aging.
- What are risk factors for
diseases?
Risk factors for a disease that contributes to increase thare everythie risk ofng
the disease to appear. For example, for
most cardiovascular dissmoking and diabetes mellituseases, tobacco are both (^)
important risk factors; for some cancers
having a genetic comfamily history is a risk factor, etc.ponent a positive
- What are the main human
degenerative diseases?
The main hare divided into tuman degenerative diseaseshree groups:
cardiovascular ddiseases and degenerative disiseases, neoplasticeases of (^)
the nervous system. The main
cardiovascular dhypertension, the cardiopathiiseases are (^) es,
including coronary disease and
myocarcerebrovasculardial infarction, a accidentsnd the (CVAs, (^) or
strokes). Nand cancers. The main eoplasias are benign tumorsdegenerative
diseases of the nervous system are
Alzheimer's disease disease. and Parkinson's
- What is hypertension?
Hypertension is a disease in which the
arterial bor during diastole, is alood pressure, bnormally hduring systoleigh.
Hypertension, a condition that must be diagnosed andor high blood pressure, is
treated since it produces irreversible
injuries iother severe diseasn arteries and, later, it causeses in organs like the (^)
heart, brain, kidneys, retina, etc.
- What are the main risk
factors for hypertension?
The main risks factors for hypertension
are tobacco smokinsedentary lifestyle ang, stress,d alcoholism. obesity, - What is the relation
between the maximum and
the minimum blood pressure
with the phenomena of systole
and diastole?
The maximum blood pressure is the
pressure on the wall of the systemicarteries during systole, i.e., when the (^)
heart is pumping blood to arterial
vessels.the pressure on the wall of the systemic The minimum blood pressure is (^)
arteries during diastole, i.heart ventricles are relaxing e., when theand getting (^)
blood.
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