Immune System
What is a pathogen?
System that functions like a sewer system and clears harmful substances and extra fluid from the body.
What is the Lymphatic System?
One of the two conditions when the inflammatory response goes wrong.
What are autoimmune diseases and allergies?
The non-sexual means of transmitting STIs/STDs
What are childbirth or blood transfusions?
Only 100% effective way to prevent STDs.
What is abstinence?
three examples of the body's first line of defense.
What are physical barriers such as the skin, mucus membranes, saliva, tears, sweat, cilia?
the largest organ of the lymphatic system
What is the spleen?
The body's third line of defense and 2 examples.
What are specialized cells: dendrites, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eisinophils, B-cells, T-cells, macrophages
The oldest STD
What is syphilis?
STDs that can be cured
What are bacterial STDs?
the name for the body's second line of defense and three examples
What is a inflamatory response, swelling, fever, increased fluid and blood flow, increased white blood cells
The mechanism for moving lymph through the body.
What is exercise - body movement?
Proteins that allow immunity by having the disease or getting a vaccine.
What are Antibodies?
This viral STD can create immune system deficiency
What is HIV or AIDS?
STDs that can NOT be cured.
What are viral STDs?
2 types of pathogens.
What is Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, and Protozoa?
4 types of Lymphocytes.
What is B-Cell, T-Cell, NK Cell, and Macrophage?
Dead or weakened pathogens that help build up antibodies.
What is a vaccine?
This STD causes genital warts
What is HPV?
This viral STD causes genital blisters and is related to the common cold sore virus
What is herpes simplex 2?
1. Pathogen that causes influenza.
2. Pathogen that causes athlete's foot.
3. Pathogen that causes pinkeye.
1. What is a Virus?
2. What is Fungi?
3. What is Bacteria?
Place where the B-Cell is formed.
What is Bone Marrow?
Inventor who realized that microbes were to blame for post-surgery deaths.
Who is Joseph Lister?
This is the most common bacterial STD and is becoming resistant to antibiotics
What is gonorrhea?
What are scabies and pubic lice?