Pathogens
This is a microorganism capable of producing disease.
What is a pathogen?
A communicable disease spreads in this way — from person to person.
What is direct contact?
A heart attack primarily affects this organ.
A heart attack primarily affects this organ.
This disease is the uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells.
What is cancer?
This disease affects how the body converts glucose into energy.
What is diabetes?
This single-celled organism is neither plant nor animal.
What is bacteria?
This type of transmission happens when someone coughs or sneezes and germs travel through the air.
What is airborne transmission?
A stroke primarily affects this organ.
A stroke primarily affects this organ.
This is an abnormal mass of tissue with no natural role.
What is a tumor?
This hormone made in the pancreas helps regulate blood sugar.
What is insulin?
This is the smallest pathogen and is genetic material surrounded by a protein coat.
What is a virus?
Flies, mosquitoes, and ticks are examples of this type of disease carrier.
What are vectors?
This happens when blood flow to part of the heart is reduced or blocked
What is a heart attack?
A tumor that is not cancerous is called this.
What is benign?
This type of diabetes produces no insulin and is often diagnosed in children.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
This plantlike organism can cause athlete’s foot or ringworm.
What is fungi?
This bacterial infection from a puncture wound can cause “lockjaw.”
What is tetanus?
This is an acute injury where blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
What is a stroke?
A cancerous tumor that spreads to other parts of the body is called this.
What is malignant?
This more common type of diabetes can often be improved through diet and exercise.
What is Type 2 diabetes?
This organism lives on or in a host, like head lice, and includes protozoa.
What is a parasite?
This liver inflammation disease has types A, B, and C, and vaccines exist for A and B.
What is hepatitis?
Unlike a heart attack, this is caused by an electrical problem and the heart stops beating properly.
What is cardiac arrest?
This is the period of time when cancer symptoms decrease or disappear after treatment.
What is remission?
This type of diabetes may develop during pregnancy and often goes away after birth.
What is gestational diabetes?