PLTW Principles of Biomedical Sciences
4.1 Exam Questions and Answers
Risk factor - Correct Answers -anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease,
or other health problems
Tertiary prevention - Correct Answers -actions taken to contain damage once a disease
or disability has progressed beyond its early stages
Modifiable risk factors - Correct Answers -Factors contributing to the development of a
noncommunicable disease that can be altered by modifying one's behavior or
environment
Non-modifiable risk factors - Correct Answers -Factors that put a patient at risk for a
condition that they cannot control
accessory organ - Correct Answers -An organ that assists with the functioning of some
other organ within a system
Enteral drugs - Correct Answers -medications that enter the body through the digestive
tract, like oral medications such as pills or liquids
Design process - Correct Answers -A decision-making process surrounds any design
Coronary stent - Correct Answers -supportive scaffold device placed in the coronary
artery; used to prevent closure of the artery after angioplasty or atherectomy; used to
treat an artery occluded by plaque
Xenotransplantation - Correct Answers -A transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells
between two different species.
Stem cell - Correct Answers -unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types
of specialized cells
4.1 Exam Questions and Answers
Risk factor - Correct Answers -anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease,
or other health problems
Tertiary prevention - Correct Answers -actions taken to contain damage once a disease
or disability has progressed beyond its early stages
Modifiable risk factors - Correct Answers -Factors contributing to the development of a
noncommunicable disease that can be altered by modifying one's behavior or
environment
Non-modifiable risk factors - Correct Answers -Factors that put a patient at risk for a
condition that they cannot control
accessory organ - Correct Answers -An organ that assists with the functioning of some
other organ within a system
Enteral drugs - Correct Answers -medications that enter the body through the digestive
tract, like oral medications such as pills or liquids
Design process - Correct Answers -A decision-making process surrounds any design
Coronary stent - Correct Answers -supportive scaffold device placed in the coronary
artery; used to prevent closure of the artery after angioplasty or atherectomy; used to
treat an artery occluded by plaque
Xenotransplantation - Correct Answers -A transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells
between two different species.
Stem cell - Correct Answers -unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types
of specialized cells
