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Midterm Exam: SCI 225 / SCI225 (Latest 2026 / 2027) Pathophysiology | Questions & Answers 100% Correct - Nightingale Question: What is the single greatest avoidable risk factor for cancer mortality worldwide, causing an estimated 22% of cancer deaths per year. Answer: Tobacco Question: HPV causes Answer: cervical cancer Question: Autosomes

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Midterm Exam: SCI 225 / SCI225
(Latest ) Pathophysiology
| Questions & Answers 100%
Correct - Nightingale


Question:
What is the single greatest avoidable risk factor for cancer mortality
worldwide, causing an estimated 22% of cancer deaths per year.
Answer:
Tobacco




Question:
HPV causes
Answer:
cervical cancer

,Question:
Autosomes
Answer:
Forty-four of the chromones are 22 pairs




Question:
Haploid
Answer:
Only the gametes contain 23 chromosomes, one chromosome of each pair.




Question:
Diploid
Answer:
Contain 46 chromosome in 23 pairs.




Question:
Genes
Answer:
are made up from sequences of A, T, G, and C arranged in different orders
and in different lengths.

,Question:
Alleles
Answer:
alternations forms of a gene, and one of the these alleles is located on
each of the paired chromosomes.




Question:
Homozygous
Answer:
Have two of the same allele




Question:
Heterozygous
Answer:
When you have two different alleles




Question:
dominant allele
Answer:
one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

, Question:
Recessive
Answer:
only manifest themselves when the person is homozygous for the trait




Question:
Achondroplasia
Answer:
A form of human dwarfism caused by autosomal dominant disorder.




Question:
Cystic Fibrosis
Answer:
Affects glands that secrete mucus, leading to recurrent, severe respiratory
infections and gastrointestinal disorders
caused by an autosomal recessive disorder

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