Genetics

3. brain disorder classified as psychosis affects persons thinking,sense of self/perceptions
4. brittle bone disease, one break easily due to imperfectly formed/ an inadequate amount of bone collagen (protein)
6. excessive and repetitive drinking of alcoholic beverages to the extent that the drinker repeatedly is harmed or harms others
9. a way a genetic trait or condition can be passed down from parent to child
14. abnormal hemoglobin in red blood cells causes RBCs to sickle and have difficulty passing through small blood vessels
15. A group of genetic conditions marked by little or none of the pigment melanin in the skin, hair, and/or eyes.

1. an inherited disorder that causes nerve cells in parts of the brain that controls thinking, emotion, and movement
2. caused by inheritance of 2 mutated recessive alleles on the autosomes
5. abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health
7. transport protein deficiency: chloride ion channel results in thick mucus in respiratory and digestive tracts
8. phenotype is influenced by genes and the environment
10. metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose or blood sugar
11. rare fatal genetic condition characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children caused by spontaneous mutation in a gamete produced by normal parent
12. disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues
13. abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries