Key Vocabulary
A condition that impairs normal functioning of a human, plant, or animal that has symptoms.
What is a disease?
Pathogens are tiny organisms that cause disease.
What is the cause of communicable disease.
Eyes, skin, stomach, saliva, & mucus.
What is the first line of defense?
A respiratory disorder that is caused by narrowing or obstructing airways.
What is asma?
Organisms that live within a host cell, made up of genetic code, replicate in host cell, cannot be treated with antibiotics.
What is a virus?
Immune system
a. Nonspecific responses - your boys response is the same no matter what.
1. inflimation
2.fever
b. specific response:
1. antigenes
2. Marco phages
What is the second line of defense?
Something that is contagious.
What is a COMMUNICABLE disease?
Lives in warm areas, and is mainly athletes foot & ringworm.
What are fungi?
Lymphatic systems caries fluid know as lymph produced in the lymph nodes.
What is the third line of defense?
Diseases that are not transmitted from one person to another.
What is a non-communicable disease?
Organisms that live in or on another organism, they mostly spread through contaminated water, food $ blood.
What are parasites?
Formed in bone marrow, release anti-bodies, some remain in body as "memory" cells, accuire immunity
Bacteria, which exists as independent organisms, most bacteria is harmless and live within the human body.
What are major pathogens?
Found in misquitos & contaminated water. Causes Malaria & Giardia.
What is Protozoa?