PHLT 304 Exam 1 Package Deal

what is one health? - Answer health of people is connected to health of animals, plants and shared environments approach to achieving optimal health for people and other organisms in environment leading factors causing decline of insect populations - Answer habitat change = mono cultures in ag...

kidneys - Answer -maintain body fluids and salt levels -excretion of wastes and foreign particles - hormone synthesis renin - Answer angiotensin system- controls water and salt reabsorption by kidneys - regulates blood pressure Erythropoietin - Answer produced by kidneys in response to t...

central nervous system - Answer consists of the brain and spinal cord peripheral nervous system - Answer cranial and spinal nerves somatic nervous system - Answer the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles autonomic nervous system - Answer the p...

Public Health Triad - Answer -the triad consists of an external agent, a susceptible host, and an environment that brings the host and agent together. -disease results from the interaction between the agent and the susceptible host in an environment that supports transmission of the agent from a so...

NTDs - Answer Neglected Tropical Diseases A number of NTDs are caused by - Answer worms and protozoa NTDs typically persist only in the - Answer poorest All low-income countries are affected by at least _______ NTDs - Answer 5 CDC's Targeted NTDs - Answer • Lymphatic filariasis • O...

parasite - Answers organism that lives in or on a host and gets food from the host at the hosts expense - helminths (parasitic worms) - protozoa - ectoparasites (ticks, fleas lice- most important as disease vectors) - Answers what are the 3 main classes of parasites that the CDC lists? Neg...

Public Health Triad - Answer host factors, environmental factors, agents (people, other species, environment) Anthropogenic pollution - Answer caused by humans; most of what people consider pollution; lead, carbon monoxide, ozone, particulate matter, SO2, etc. soil -- microbes, pesticides, mini...

Environmental Health: - Answer addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviors. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted tow...

Functions of kidneys - Answer - Maintenance of body fluids and salt levels - Excretion of wastes and foreign particles - Hormone synthesis Renin - Answer angiotensin system: controls water and salt reabsorption by kidneys; regulates blood pressure (BP) Erythropoietin - Answer produced by k...

Deficiencies in Vitamin C - Answer What caused scurvy or Rickets? Water soluble can be excreted from the body safely(vitamin B) Lipid soluble can accumulate to detrimental levels (A,D,E,K)-can cause an overdose - Answer Why is it important to know about lipid and water soluble vitamins? Dieta...

Circadian Rhythms are: - Answer -Physical, mental, behavioral changes that occur over each 24 hour period -Cyclical -Governed primarily by light/dark Biological Clocks: - Answer -Control these cyclic responses -Composed of proteins in almost all tissues Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SNS) - Answe...

Agent - Answer virulence, infectivity, addictive qualities (PH Triad) Host - Answer genetic susceptibility, resiliency, nutritional status, motivation (PH Triad) Environment - Answer public health sanitation, social context, availability of health care Anthropogenic Pollution - Answer emiss...

neurodegenerative disease - Answer incurable debilitating conditions caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells ataxias - Answer movement problems Dementia - Answer impaired mental functioning Alzheimer's disease - Answer most common form of dementia Examples of Neurodegenerative...

the public health triad - Answer People->other species->environment-> public health triad is similar - Answer epidemiologic triad agent->environment->host-> One health - Answer collaborative trans-disciplinary approach to achieving optimal health for people and other organ...