Health and Body Basics
This organ pumps blood throughout the body
Heart
The system that includes the brain and spinal cord
Nervous system
Medicine used to kill or stop the growth of bacteria
Antibiotics
Greek physician known as the father of medicine (has an oath named after him)
Hippocrates
A classic method to avoid water-borne diseases
This system allows the body to take in oxygen and remove carbon dioxide
The Respiratory System
This organ filters blood to produce urine
Kidneys
Injected into the body to prevent disease
Vaccine
The source of most antibiotics
Fungi
A term used to refer to the original carrier of a disease or the earliest infected individual
Patient Zero
A quick, easy habit to prevent the spread of disease through touch
Hand washing
These cells in the blood help fight infection
White Blood cells
A chemical solution used to kill germs when soap isnt available
Hand sanitizer
A virus which caused a global pandemic in 2019
Sars COV-2
This disease weakens the immune system and is caused by a virus
AIDS
This animal is responsible for more human deaths than any other in the world
Mosquito
A protein made by plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) in response to an antigen
Antibody
Radiation used to visualize bones in the body
X-rays
A non-communicable disease that is spreading more rapidly in the African region due to ultra high processed foods
Diabetes
The term used for an area dedicated to caring for infected individuals and preventing the spread of disease
Quarantine
The normal human body temperature in degrees Celsius.
37
A state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained by living organisms
Homeostasis
A treatment for inherited diseases that involves changing DNA
Gene therapy
This doctor helped prevent an outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria in 2014 at the cost of her own life
Dr Stella Adedevoh
The reason we should not abuse antibiotics
antimicrobial resistance