Patho-genius
Name one important way to prevent infectious diseases
Answer: Accept anything related to washing hands, wearing masks, getting vaccines, etc.
Can you point to the cells that are damaged when a person gets a sunburn?
Answer: Skin cells
This part of the body is where you can find a cornea, pupil, and tear duct
Answer: Eye
Some scientists study biology! What does the prefix "bio" mean?
Answer: Life
Malaria, dengue virus, and Zika virus are spread by which tiny animal?
Answer: Mosquitos
These bright-colored cells transport oxygen through your body
Answer: Accept blood cells and/or red blood cells
This part of the body is where you can find a celebellum, hippocampus, and frontal lobe
Answer: Brain
What does an "immunologist" study?
Answer: The immune system (or anything related to how people stay healthy or how they fight disease)
The virus SARS-CoV-2 causes what disease?
Answer: Accept COVID and/or COVID-19
These specialized cells help send messages in the brain
Answer: Neurons
Eczema is a chronic condition that affects which organ?
Answer: Skin
The disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Accept ALS and/or Lou Gehrig's disease
What kind of virus caused a global pandemic between 1918 and 1920?
Answer: Accept flu, influenza, Spanish flu, and/or H1N1
This tiny organelle is nicknamed "the powerhouse of the cell"
Answer: Mitochondria
Type 1 diabetes is the result of cell death in which organ?
Answer: Pancreas
The Greek suffix "cyte" is seen in scientific terms such as "lymphocyte" and "adipocyte." What does "cyte" mean?
Answer: Cell