Causes of Communicable Disease
Common Communicable Disease and Protection from them
Vocab
Non communicable Diseases
Immune System
100
Communicable disease are caused by these
What is a germs
100
All communicable diseases can be spread in this way except hepatitis
What are water droplets in the air
100
Disease that spreads from person to person
What is a communicable disease
100
Present at birth, lifestyle factors, and hazards around us
What are causes of noncommunicable disease
100
Germs passed on to people when they touch an infected person
What is direct contact
200
Smallest and simplest of the most common communicable disease causing germs
What is a virus
200
A way of protecting yourself and others from communicalbe diseases
What is washing your hands
200
Masses of abnormal cells
What is a tumor
200
Diabetes is caused becuase of a problem with this hormone
What is Insulin
200
Skin, tears, gastric juices are examples
What is your body's first line of defense
300
These disease causing organisms are similar to animal cells
What is a protozoa
300
Most common communicable diseases are caused by these organinsms
What is a virus
300
An infection combined with severe immune system problems
What is AIDS
300
Causes artery walls to thicken, and become clogged with fatty deposits
What is ateriosclerois
300
Example is fever
What is a general reaction
400
Examples include strep throat, tuberclosis, and whooping cough
What is bacteria
400
The only common communicable disease listed in the book that is a bacteria
What is tuberculosis
400
Preparations of killed or weakened germs
What is a vaccine
400
Benign tumors
What are noncancerous cells
400
Germs passed on to you from the air or other objects
What is indirect contact
500
This happens when germs cause harm to body cells
What is infection
500
This disease is the only communicable disease listed in the book that is spread by indirect contact with infected people (ex: desks)
What is the common cold
500
Chemicals produced specifically to fight a particular invading substance
What are antibodies
500
Lungs become clogged with mucus and are filled with stale air
What is an asthma attack
500
Another name for white blood cells
What are lymphocytes
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