Pathogens
Diseases which spread from person to person
What are infectious diseases?
The organ responsible for move blood around the body
What is the heart?
The system which performs gas exchange
What is the respiratory system?
A disease which can not be spread from person to person
What is a non-infectious disease?
Medicines used to treat fungal infections
What are anti-fungal medications?
Eukaryotic cells which cause malaria
What are protozoa?
The muscle which controls breathing
What is the diaphragm?
The heart and lungs are both a part of this system
What is the cardio-respiratory system?
Diseases caused by the things that a person does
What are lifestyle diseases?
This symptom of a disease is caused by the body fighting intruding organisms
What is fever?
This type of pathogen is not a microscopic organism
What are macroparasites?
These vessel bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart
What are veins?
The system which coordinates movement
What is the nervous system?
A non-infectious disease caused by a lack of vitamin c, common in sailors in the age of exploration.
What is Scurvey?
Medications which kill pathogens by interfering with their normal functioning
What are antibiotics?
A pathogen which reproduces by producing spores
What are fungi?
The small lower part of the brain which controls balance and coordinates movement
What is the cerebellum?
Long term processes are controlled through chemical messengers from this system
What is the endocrine system?
What is an environmental disease?
This type of electromagnetic radiation can be used to produce images of hard tissue such as bone
What are X-rays?
the two pathogens which are not living things
What are viruses and prions?
The site of gas exchange within the lungs
What are alveoli?
The skin, tonsils and bone marrow are all parts of this system
What is the immune system?
The non-infectious disease caused by the bodies inability to create insulin
What is type 1 diabetes
This method of preventing infection is so successful it has lead to the eradication of diseases.
What is vaccination?