Key Vocab
a A condition that impairs normal functioning of a human, plant or animal body and has distinguishing symptoms.
What is a disease?
A line of defense that has eyes, skin, stomach, saliva and mucus.
What is line one?
A serious condition characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood.
What is Diabetes?
Diseases characterized by the rapid and uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
What is cancer
Can cause lung cancer.
What is smoking?
A disease that can be passed from one person to another, person, animal or plant.
What is communicable disease?
Immunity that develops over time when exposed to pathogens.
What is Acquired Immunity?
What is glucose?
A substance that can cause cancer.
What is Carcinogen?
Caused by harmful agents like viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
What is Infectious diseases?
Tiny organisms that cause communicable diseases.
What are Pathogens?
An immunity that is present at birth.
What is Natural Immunity?
a condition in which the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.
What is type 2 diabetes?
A mass of abnormal cells.
What are tumors?
Caused by mutations in genes.
What is Genetic diseases.
Single-celled microorganism which can exist as an independent organism.
What is Bacteria?
A defense that triggers body to make antibodies and typically will not make you sick.
What are Vaccines?
A type of diabetes that the immune system destroys the insulin providing cells.
What is type one?
a condition that causes lifelong intellectual disability and developmental delays.
What is Down syndrome?
Can cause stroke.
what is not sleeping?
Organism that lives with-in a host cell.
What are Viruses?
What is a line of defense that has your immune system.
What is line 2?
Something that is produced by the pancreas.
What is glucose?
a mental health condition in which you have frequent unwanted thoughts that cause you to perform repetitive behaviors.
What is OCD?
Spread from person to person, contaminated food, water, or bug bites.
what are Communicable diseases?