Causes of Disease
A very small organism that can only be seen with a microscope.
What is a microorganism?
A dead or weakened form of a virus that stimulates an immune response.
What is a vaccine?
Causes Strep throat
Any agent that causes disease.
What is a pathogen?
A disease that can be passed from one organism to another.
What is an infectious/external disease?
A nonliving disease causing agent.
What is a virus?
A medicine that can stop the growth and reproduction of bacteria.
What is an antibiotic?
Causes thrush
What is a fungus?
An abnormal condition affecting the functioning of an organism.
What is disease?
A disease that cannot be passed from one organism to another
What is a noninfectious/internal disease?
A symbiotic relationship where the organism benefits from the host.
What is a parasite?
methods used after a person gets sick to kill the pathogen
What is a cure?
Causes Athlete's foot
What is fungi/fungus?
resistance to an infection or disease.
What is immunity?
Causes down syndrome.
What is an internal cause of disease?
Single and multi-celled eukaryotic organisms that are heterotrophs.
What is a fungus?
methods used so a person does not get sick (ex. vaccines or washing hands)
What is a prevention method?
Causes chicken pox.
What is a virus?
A protein produced by some white blood cells to attack specific foreign materials.
What are antibodies?
Causes the common cold
What is an external cause of disease?
A single-celled prokaryotic organism that is both autotrophic and heterotrophic.
What is a bacteria?
methods used after a person gets sick to help make them feel better
What is a treatment method.
3 systems in the human body help to fight disease.
What are the integumentary, respiratory and digestive systems?
A disease in which somebody’s own body cells divide uncontrollably.
What is cancer?
Causes sickle cell anemia.
What is an internal cause of disease?