What is illnesses that are a result of unhealthy choices, genetic conditions or exposure to hazardous substances?
100
The definition of an epidemic
What is when a disease spreads very rapidly through a population?
100
The body's first line of defense
What is the skin?
100
Another name for noncommunicable diseases
What is chronic or degenerative diseases?
200
How communicable diseases are passed
What is directly or indirectly to another person?
200
How a noncommunicable disease is passed
What is not passed by direct or indirect contact from an infected person?
200
The definition of a pathogen
What is organisms that cause disease?
200
How mucous membranes work
What is mucous membranes line mouth, nose and throat. Produce mucus that traps bacteria, viruses, dust and foreign particles?
200
Definitions of chronic and degenerative
What is:
Chronic- they are present on and off over a long period of time
Degenerative- they cause a breakdown of the body's tissue
300
A communicable disease that infects the eye
What is conjunctivitis (pinkeye)?
300
Symptoms include: red eyes, itchiness, runny nose, asthma attack
What is allergies?
300
The way pathogens are spread
What is direct contact, indirect contact, animals or insects, contaminated food or water, soil?
300
How saliva works
What is saliva destroys harmful organisms so they don't get deeper in the body?
300
Three causes of noncommunicable diseases
What is inheritance, unhealthy behaviors, environmental hazards?
400
A communicable disease which can produce a fever, aches, vomit
What is the flu?
400
The percentage of the Americans that die from heart disease
What is 39.0%?
400
The difference between viruses and bacteria
What is antibiotics are not effective in treating viruses while antibiotics are effective in treating bacteria?
400
The three types of immunity and their descriptions
What is:
1. Natural immunity- born with resistance to a certain disease
2. Active Immunity- body actively produces specific antibodies to resist pathogens in the future
3. Passive Immunity- short term that protects body when no antibodies are present (mother's blood before birth)
400
Causes of heart disease and cancer
What is:
Heart Disease- poor nutrition, tobacco use, lack of physical activity
Cancer- genetic predisposition, environmental factors, lifestyle behaviors
What is viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, rickettsias, worms?
500
How the immune system works
What is
1. Pathogens invade the body
2. A macrophage engulfs a pathogen. T-cells identify the pathogen
3. T-cells multiply at site and activate B-cells
4. B-cells multiply
5. Some B-cells and T-cells become memory cells
6. B-cells produce antibodies that attach to pathogens. Special T-cells attack and destroy remaining pathogens
7. Memory T-cells and B-cells stay in the body in case the pathogen invades again
500
Cause, prevention and treatment of diabetes
What is:
Cause: Type 1 is inherited, Type 2 is from being overweight and inactive
Prevention: eat healthy, maintain weight exercise
Treatment: take oral medication as needed, get insulin injections if necessary, monitor diet