Pathogens
A vaccine causes the body to develop this to enable the body to fight diease.
antibodies
Any abnormal condition that causes illness in a living organism is called
symptom
the best way to prevent the spread of germs
proper hand washing
noninfectious disease
Hay fever and poison ivy are examples of
allergy and noninfectious
When a normally harmelss substance causes an allergic reations it is considered this
True or False: The body symptoms that work to defend the body against disease are: immune system, cardiovascular system, and lymphatic system
Genetic disorders
These are of no use in treating noninfectious dieases
Antibiotics
Color blindness is an example of
noninfectious and genetic disorder
These are the 2 main ways pathogens spread
from person to person
contaminated objects
active immunity
True or False: Most viruses are chronic.
False!
A diseases that can be spread from one person to another is called
infectious disease
Malaria is a type of
Infectious disease
These are the four common groups of pathogens
bacteria
viruses
fungi
protists
True or False: Passive immunity lasts a few months and antibodies come from an outside source
True!
This is the explaination why antibiotics cannot be used to destroy a virus
Viruses are not considered living organisms and therefore cannot be killed with antibiotics.
The flu accompanied by a fever is this kind of disease
acute
True or False: Alzheimer's is a genetic and infectious disorder
False: noninfectious and genetic disorder
True or False: A protists is not a single cell organism that does not belong to the animal, plant or fungi kingdoms
These are the 8 components that are a part of the immune and lymphatic systems.
lymph nodes
adenoids
thymus
tonsils
appendix
spleen
bone marrow
lymphatic vessels
A virus attached itself to a body cell and then injects its genetic material into the cell. The cell is tricked into making more viruses. The new viruses leave the cell and infect other cells.
Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease are different kinds of
infectious diseases