Cancer
What is a mass, or collection, of abnormal cells called?
What is used as a listening device to listen to the heart?
a stethoscope
List one signs of Type 1 Diabetes
Urinating often, Feeling very thirsty, Feeling very hungry even if you are eating
How many new cases of cancer are diagnosed around the world every year?
10 million
How fast does the human heart pump blood through the body?
about 4 quarts (3.8 liters) per minute.
List the three ways Type 1 Diabetes is treated:
With insulin, psychical activity, and an eating plan
Every year, how many people die of some form of cancer?
6 million
How large is the heart (both size and weight)?
he heart of an adult weighs between about 8 and 12 ounces (230 and 340 grams)
If someone has diabetes, what can’t the body make
Insulin
True/False: Cancer only affects older people
False
What causes the pumping of the heart?
alternating contractions and relaxations of the myocardium.
Beta cells
What is the most common form of cancer among men?
Lung cancer
what is the average time per minute that a heart beats?
The average time per minute that an Adults heart beats at rest is 72 bpm
What is happening specifically with someone who has Type 1 Diabetes?
Their immune system is mistakenly treating the beta cells in their pancreas that creates a insulin as foreign invaders and destroys them, when enough beta cells are destroyed, their pancreas cant make insulin or make so little of it that they need to take insulin to live