Infectious Diseases
The Body's Defenses
Preventing Infectious Disease
Noninfectious Disease
Cancer and the Environement
100
What is an Infectious Disease
A disease that can be passed on from person to person
100
What can the immune system do?
distinguish between different kinds of pathogens
100
What does a person acquire when their own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presense of a pathogen
Active Response
100
What are non-infectious diseases?
Diseases that are NOT passed on from person to person
100
Who was the man that hypothesized that something in soot caused cancer?
Percivall Pott, Pott, or Percival (all are acceptable)
200
When you have an infection, what has gotten into your body and caused harm?
Pathogen
200
what are the molecules that the immune system recognizes either as part of your body or coming from outside the body?
Antigens
200
harmless antigens are deliberately introduced into the body to start immunity
Vaccination
200
What is an allergy?
Disorder in which the immune system in overly sensitive to foreign substances
200
What developed because of the soot
skin cancer
300
What pathogen does not have a cure?
Virus
300
T Cells and B Cells are what kind of White Blood Cell?
Lymphocyte
300
The chemical that kills bacteria
Antibody
300
substances in the environment that cause cancer?
Carcinogens
300
What is the EPA responsible for?
enforcing environmental laws
400
What are the 4 major pathogen groups
Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Protists
400
What are the 3 lines of Defense?
Barriers or Skin; Breathing Passages; Mouth and Stomach Inflammatory Response Immune System
400

This is used to fight of infectious diseases caused by bacteria

antibiotics

400
What are 3 types of cancer treatments?
Surgery, radiation, drugs
400
What are the three environmental carcinogens?
Ultraviolet Light, Vinyl Chloride, Arsenic
500
What are the ways that pathogens are spread?
Infected People; Soil, Food and Water; Infected Animal; Contaminated Objects
500
Describe how the immune system works. There are four steps
1: The T Cells recognie a virus 2: Some T cells attack 3: Other T Cells activate/call the B Cells 4: Antibodies destroy the pathogens other words: the infantry will target the enemy, some will start the attack but they need help, so they call on for more help which would be an allie, after the help the allies will then drop the bomb on the targeted enemy
500
Describe how the vaccination process works.
A person recieves the vaccination The immune system produces antibodies against the disease and develops memory cells If someone comes into contact with the "real" pathogen, the immune system will destroy it before people get sick
500
The condition known as diabetes is described how?
either the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin or the body cells fail to properly use the insulin
500
If we want to reduce the risk of cancer what needs to happen?
carcinogens need to be removed or people need to be protected from them
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