Agents of Disease
This is what any disease-causing agent is called.
What is a pathogen?
This is the body’s first line of defense.
What is the skin?
These cells are responsible for fighting infections.
What are white blood cells?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Viruses reproduce using this.
What is a host cell?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This structure controls how much light enters the eye.
What is the pupil?
These are the six major types of infectious agents.
What are prions, viruses, bacteria, protists, fungi, and helminths?
This sticky substance traps pathogens in the respiratory system.
What is mucus?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This type of immunity is non-specific and present at birth.
What is innate immunity?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This lab method measures viral load using plaques.
What is a plaque assay?
This part of the eye detects light and sends signals to the brain.
What is the retina?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This type of pathogen uses a host for food and shelter.
What is a parasite?
This system drains fluid and helps filter pathogens.
What is the lymphatic system?
This type of immunity develops after exposure or vaccination.
What is acquired immunity?
This step of viral replication involves entering the host cell.
What is entry?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This nerve carries visual information to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
This infectious agent is NOT considered living.
What is a virus (or prion)?
This condition occurs when the immune system overreacts to infection.
What is sepsis?
These proteins are produced by B cells to neutralize pathogens.
What are antibodies?
This treatment targets viruses after infection.
What are antiviral drugs?
These areas have reduced immune response to prevent damage.
What is immune privilege (eye, brain, testes)?
Name two differences between helminths and bacteria.
Multicellular vs unicellular
Prokaryote vs eukaryotes
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This acronym helps identify sepsis symptoms quickly.
What is TIME (Temperature, Infection, Mental decline, Extremely ill)?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name two functions of any of the white blood cells we talked.
Answers from vary.
What were the results of our plaque assay experiment?
Ms. Lokko will confirm.
This structure helps focus light onto the retina.
What is the lens?