Health and Social Care Exam Bundle

Health definition - Answer a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity holistic - Answer dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts genetic inheritance - Answer the genetic information that gets passe...

Physical and lifestyle factors affecting health and wellbeing. - Answer Genetic Inheritance Ill Health Diet Amount of exercise Substance abuse: alcohol, nicotine, illegal drugs, misuse of prescription drugs. Personal Hygiene Environmental factors effecting health and wellbeing. - Answer Co...

What is health and wellbeing? - Answer Overall wellbeing based on PIES. What are types of physical inherited characteristics? - Answer Height, skin, eye colour, hair type and colour. How can physical inherited characteristics affect PIES? - Answer They influence a person's self-concept (their...

risks of a poor diet - Answer current- lack of energy, headaches, mood swings future- obesity, risk of type 2 diabetes, heart failure, high blood pressure, strokes Risk of excessive alcohol intake - Answer current- weight gain, headaches, dizziness, coronary heart disease, insomnia, nausea futu...

Social Care - Answer It concerns itself with helping people live their lives. Health Care - Answer It is the maintenance or improvement of health via diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Heamophilia - Answer A genetic condition that can't stop bleeding. CQC (Care Quality Commiss...

Positive definition of health and wellbeing - Answer Looks how physically fit an mentally stable someone is. Generally have a positive attitude and look after your health and wellbeing wherever possible. Negative definition of health and wellbeing - Answer Looks at absence of physical illness, di...

Identify two adaptations of erythrocytes (4 marks) - Answer Any two from list: Shape (bi-concave disc)-increases surface area for uptake of oxygen No nucleus -leaves more room (for haemoglobin) so able to transport more oxygen Full of haemoglobin -combines with oxygen Small/flexible-can get into...

Name three types of hazards in care environments. - Answer Environmental, biological, chemical, psychological, physical, musculoskeletal, working conditions, working practices and lack of security systems. Name two examples of practical hazards. - Answer Broken furniture, clutter or objects on th...

Cell - Answer Basic unit of living material Organ - Answer A collection of tissues that carry out a specific function of the body electron microscope - Answer Powerful microscope needed to see inside the cells Photomicrograph - Answer Photograph of an object that's been magnified by a micr...

Growth - Answer An increase in some part of an individual that can be measured eg height and weight development - Answer The complex changes including increase in skills abilities and capabilities 4 principles of growth - Answer Growth rates are not constant Different parts of the body grow ...