Barrier Up, Buttercup
Pathogens that cause diseases such as athlete's foot
What are fungi?
Nonspecific defense with symptoms of redness, swelling, heat, and pain
What is the inflammatory response?
These blood cells identify and fight pathogens
What are white blood cells?
Common pathogens that cause diseases such as strep throat
What are bacteria?
Disease that spreads to many people in a short period of time
What is an epidemic?
Anything that causes a disease
What is a pathogen?
Special protection against disease
What is immunity?
Largest known pathogens
What are protozoans?
This scientist was among the first to realize that diseases were caused by organisms too small to be seen
Who is Louis Pasteur?
Anything that causes the immune system to have an allergic reaction
What is an allergen?
Special proteins that can destroy pathogens
What are antibodies?
An animal that carries a pathogen
What is a vector?
The body's specific defense
What is the immune response?
Nonliving pathogens
What are viruses?
White blood cells that remember pathogens and the specific antibodies needed to defeat them
What are memory cells?
What is an antibiotic?
Tiny hairlike projections that line the air passages and help filter pathogens out of the nose
What are cilia?
The first antibiotic to be discovered
What is penicillin?
A transparent liquid that helps carry white blood cells throughout the body
What is lymph?
A shot that contains dead or weakened pathogens
What is a vaccine?
This scientist was the first to discover that a mold could destroy bacteria
Who is Alexander Fleming?
A scientist who studies the causes and spread of diseases
What is an epidemiologist?
The two ways diseases are classified
What are communicable and noncommunicable?
This system includes special tissues and organs, such as tonsils, appendix, and spleen
What is the lymphatic system?
This occurs when the immune system malfunctions and attacks the healthy cells it should protect
What is an autoimmune disease?