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Chapter 15 Preview • Key Terms • Key Ideas • Graphics • Critical Thinking Chapter Review

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Using Key Terms 1. ____ is a disorder that causes the airways that carry air into the lungs to become narrow and to become clogged with mucus.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Using Key Terms 1. Asthma is a disorder that causes the airways that carry air into the lungs to become narrow and to become clogged with mucus.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Using Key Terms 2. A _______ is a disease caused by abnormal chromosomes or by defective genes inherited from one or both parents.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Using Key Terms 2. A hereditary disease is a disease caused by abnormal chromosomes or by defective genes inherited from one or both parents.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Using Key Terms 3. A _____ is a physical or mental impairment or deficiency that interferes with a person’s normal activity.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Using Key Terms 3. A disability is a physical or mental impairment or deficiency that interferes with a person’s normal activity.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Key Ideas 4. A person’s eye color is determined by his or her A. age. B. genes. C. gender. D. all of the above

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Key Ideas 4. A person’s eye color is determined by his or her A. age. B. genes. C. gender. D. all of the above

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Key Ideas 5. Which of the following is an immune system disorder? A. multiple sclerosis B. rheumatoid arthritis C. allergies D. all of the above

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Key Ideas 5. Which of the following is an immune system disorder? A. multiple sclerosis B. rheumatoid arthritis C. allergies D. all of the above

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Key Ideas 6. Which of the following is an autoimmune disease? A. multiple sclerosis B. flu C. osteoarthritis D. cardiovascular disease

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Key Ideas 6. Which of the following is an autoimmune disease? A. multiple sclerosis B. flu C. osteoarthritis D. cardiovascular disease

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Graphics 7. How many people in the United States had arthritis in 1985?

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Graphics 7. How many people in the United States had arthritis in 1985? About 35 million

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Graphics 8. How many more people are expected to have arthritis in 2020 as compared to 1985?

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Understanding Graphics 8. How many more people are expected to have arthritis in 2020 as compared to 1985? 22 million (57 million – 35 million = 22 million)

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Critical Thinking 9. Why do you think the number of people diagnosed with arthritis is expected to rise dramatically from 1995 to 2020?

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Critical Thinking 9. Why do you think the number of people diagnosed with arthritis is expected to rise dramatically from 1995 to 2020? There will be many more older people in the United Sates, and arthritis is typically a disease of old age.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Critical Thinking 10. Explain why couples who are even distantly related might have a greater chance of having a child with a hereditary disease.

Chapter 15 Chapter Review Critical Thinking 10. Explain why couples who are even distantly related might have a greater chance of having a child with a hereditary disease. They will have more of their genes in common than two unrelated people, so the chances that related people will carry the same defective genes are higher than the chances that unrelated people do.