Key Vocabulary
A condition that impairs normal functioning of a human, plant, or animal that has symptoms.
What is a disease?
Pathogens are tiny organisms that cause disease.
What is the cause of communicable disease.
Eyes, skin, stomach, saliva, & mucus.
What is the first line of defense?
Direct contact with contaminated people.
How are pathogens spread?
disease characterized by the rapid and uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
What is cancer?
A respiratory disorder that is caused by narrowing or obstructing airways.
What is asma?
Organisms that live within a host cell, made up of genetic code, replicate in host cell, cannot be treated with antibiotics.
What is a virus?
Immune system
a. Nonspecific responses - your boys response is the same no matter what.
1. inflimation
2.fever
b. specific response:
1. antigenes
2. Marco phages
What is the second line of defense?
Colds, chicken pox, flu, measles, mono
What do viruses cause?
a serious condition characterized by high levels of gluecose in the body.
What is diabetes?
Something that is contagious.
What is a COMMUNICABLE disease?
Lives in warm areas, and is mainly athletes foot & ringworm.
What are fungi?
Lymphatic systems caries fluid know as lymph produced in the lymph nodes.
What is the third line of defense?
Pinkeye, whooping cough, strep, tuberculosis, food born.
What does bacteria cause?
A respiratory disorder that is caused by narrowing or obstructing airways.
What is asma?
Diseases that are not transmitted from one person to another.
What is a non-communicable disease?
Organisms that live in or on another organism, they mostly spread through contaminated water, food $ blood.
What are parasites?
Formed in bone marrow, release anti-bodies, some remain in body as "memory" cells, accuire immunity
Athletes foot, ring worm.
What does fungi cause.
An abnormal immune reaction to an ordinary harmless substance.
What are allergies?
Bacteria, which exists as independent organisms, most bacteria is harmless and live within the human body.
What are major pathogens?
Found in misquitos & contaminated water. Causes Malaria & Giardia.
What is Protozoa?
Activates macropayes, Kills infected cells.
What are t-cells?
Dysentery, Malaria.
What does Protozoa cause?
A substance that can cause cancer.
What is a carcinigen?