Genetic Diseases Lesson

Which of the following is an Autosomal Recessive Inheritance?

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Down Syndrome

• Ocular Albinism

• Polycystic Kidney Disease

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A rare genetic disorder where in the blood does not clot in a typical way that it should due to insufficient blood-clotting factors.

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Hemophilia

• Phenylketonuria

• Rett Syndrome

The inability of the body to digest sugar molecules results in which of these genetic disorders?

• Rett Syndrome

• Turner Syndrome

• Hunter Syndrome

• Diabetes

The patient in the picture suffers from which type of genetic disorder?

• Fragile X syndrome

• Marfan Syndrome

• Turner Syndrome

• Huntington's Disease

Which of the following is NOT a chromosomal inheritance?

• Trisomy 21

• Cri du chat Syndrome

• Klinefelter's Disease

• Alzheimer's Disease

Which genetic disorder is caused by the elongation of a repetitive part of the X chromosome within the FMR1 gene?

• Coffin-Lowry Syndrome

• Fragile X Syndrome

• Rett Syndrome

• Incontinentia Pigmenti

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What genetic disorder is characterized by the body's inability to remove low density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol from the blood causing problems in the arteries?

• Coronary Heart Disease

• Familial Hypercholesterolemia

• Heart Failure

• Atherosclerosis

It is a disorder that prevents the changing of cartilage to bone that results in patients with short-limbed dwarfism.

• achondroplasia

• neurofibromatosis

• Huntington's Disease

• Arthritis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The following are X-Linked inheritance disorders EXCEPT ______.

• Hemophilia

• Incontinentia Pigmenti

• Coffin-Lowry Syndrome

• Sickle Cell Anemia

Polygenic Inheritance is also known as ______.

• Chromosomal Inheritance

• Single Gene Inheritance

• Mitochondrial Inheritance

• Multifactorial Inheritance