VOCABULARY
Organisms such as bacteria and viruses that cause disease.
What are pathogens?
Leprosy is this type of disease.
What is infectious?
The most important components of the immune system.
What are leukocytes?
Acne affects this body system.
What is the integumentary system?
A doctor who treats cancer.
What is an oncologist?
Tissue becomes red, swollen, and tender because capillaries enlarge.
What is inflammation?
Cancer falls into this category.
What is noninfectious?
Y-shaped protein molecules that fight pathogens.
What are antibodies?
Bronchitis affects this system.
What is the respiratory system?
A doctor who treats the cardiovascular system.
What is a cardiologist?
Tissue fluid once it enters the lymph capillaries.
What is lymph?
Tetanus is classified as this.
What is infectious?
The body’s largest lymph organ.
What is the spleen?
Epilepsy affects this system.
What is the nervous system?
The suffix meaning “inflammation.”
What is -itis?
A tiny capsule of genetic material that reprograms a cell.
What is a virus?
A disease caused by aging or malfunctioning organs.
What is noninfectious?
Small bean-shaped organs through which lymph flows.
What are lymph nodes?
Hypoglycemia affects this system.
What is the endocrine system?
The prefix meaning “white.”
What is leuk- or leuko-?
An animal that transmits infection.
What is a vector?
Diseases that cannot be spread from person to person.
What are noncommunicable diseases?
A substance that stimulates acquired immunity.
What is a vaccine?
Hypertension affects this system.
What is the cardiovascular system?
The root meaning “hard.”
What is scler- or sclero-?