BASIC CONCEPTS OF HEALTH & DISEASE AND
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Time allowed : 3 hours

Maximum Marks : 70

Instructions : All questions are compulsory.

SECTION – A

1. List signs of good health.

2. Describe indicators of health.

3. Describe levels of prevention of disease with help of an example.

4. Explain classification of disease causing agent factors and give name of one disease of each category.

5.  Give examples of any two risk factors for road accident.

6. Name any one disease where non-living object is the reservoir.

7. Write different indirect modes of disease transmission.

8. Fill in the blanks :
(a) High blood cholesterol is a significant risk factor for ________ disease.
(b) Glaucoma is a disease which affects the ________.
(c) Inflammation of urinary bladder is called ________.
(d) Malaria and Dengue are ________ borne diseases.
(e) Severe diarrhoea can cause ________ among children.

9. Name any four non-communicable diseases.

10. Explain agent, host and environmental factors in causation of HIV/AIDS.

11.Explain different methods you can use for imparting health education to people for health promotion.

12. Explain importance of environmental sanitation. List methods of waste disposal for maintaining environmental sanitation.

13. List criteria for healthy housing and explain problems which may arise due to poor housing.

SECTION – B

14. Write examples of medical terms using the following prefix : (one each)
(a) sub
(b) supra
(c) brady
(d) mal
(e) intra

15. Give meaning or description of the following terms used in hospital :
(a) Angiography
(b) Aspiration
(c) Hemoptysis
(d) Cyanosis
(e) Pleurisy

16. Following terms are used for disease of an organ/system. Explain which organ or system they indicate :
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b) Salphingitis
(c) Meningitis
(d) Rhinitis
(e) Cataract

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