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Non-infectious Disease

Homeostasis, causes of non-infectious disease, epidemiology, prevention, technologies, checkpoint quizzes and a cumulative module summary quiz.

21lessons

5quizzes

5–7hrs study

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Lessons

Homeostasis: How the Body Detects and Corrects Change

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Temperature Regulation: Keeping Body Temperature in Range

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Glucose Regulation: Insulin, Glucagon and Negative Feedback

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Water Balance: ADH, Aldosterone and the Kidney

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Plant Water Balance: Stomata, ABA and Xerophytes

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Checkpoint Quiz 1, Homeostasis

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What Causes Non-infectious Disease?

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Genetic Disease: From Gene Change to Body Effect

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Environmental Exposure and Disease

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Nutritional Disease: When Nutrient Balance Affects Body Function

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Cancer: When Cell-cycle Control Fails

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Non-infectious Disease: Retrieval and Case Practice

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Checkpoint Quiz 2, Causes and Effects

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Epidemiology: Measuring Disease Patterns

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Evaluating Epidemiological Study Methods

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Treating One Non-infectious Disease: Type 2 Diabetes

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Benefits of Epidemiological Studies

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Prevention Campaigns for Non-infectious Disease

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Genetic Prevention: Screening and Engineering

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Checkpoint Quiz 3, Epidemiology and Prevention

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Hearing Loss and Assistive Technologies

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Visual Disorders and Assistive Technologies

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Kidney Loss, Dialysis and Transplantation

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Module 8 Mastery: Integrated Case Practice

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Checkpoint Quiz 4, Technologies and Module Mastery

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Module Summary Quiz, Non-infectious Disease and Disorders

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Module Snapshot

21lessons

4checkpoints + module quiz

105MC questions

5–7hstudy time

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An A3 concept map of this module — its inquiry questions and content dot points on one sheet. A revision aid, not a complete reproduction of the syllabus.

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Year 12 syllabus checklist (A3, 2 sheets)