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101B GCSE Biology Paper 1 > 3 Infection and Response - Immunity and Treatments > Flashcards

3 Infection and Response - Immunity and Treatments Flashcards

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How does your skin act as a defence against pathogen entry?

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Barrier; Antimicrobial secretions; Microorganism layer

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How does the trachea defend the body against pathogens?

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Secrete mucus to trap pathogens + Cilia move mucus up the trachea to be removed

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How does the stomach defend the body against pathogens?

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Hydrochloric acid destroys microorganisms in mucus/food

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State the three ways in which white blood cells defend the body.

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Engulf pathogens + Produce antibodies + Produce antitoxins

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What are antibodies?

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Proteins that bind to specific antigens on pathogens

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6
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What are antigens?

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Proteins on cell surface for cell recognition

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What makes up vaccines?

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Dead/Inactive pathogens

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How does vaccination make a person become immune to a disease?

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Inactive antigens in vaccine stimulates WBC to make antibodies and memory cells, which stimulates secondary response

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What is the function of memory cells?

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Recognise same pathogen when it invades to produce large number of antibodies in short time

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10
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What is herd immunity?

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Large proportion of population is immune to a disease

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Painkillers destroy the pathogens in our body. True or false?

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FALSE

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12
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Which pathogen does antibiotics destroy?

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Bacteria

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Why can’t antibiotics kill viruses?

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Viruses reproduce inside cells, antibiotics cannot enter cells without damaging the cell

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How might an antibiotic be useless against a bacteria?

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Antibiotic resistance

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Which plant did the heart drug digitalis originated from?

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Foxgloves

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16
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Which drug originated from willow?

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Aspirin

17
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Name the microorganism that produces penicillin.

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Penicillium

18
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New drugs are tested extensively for three factors. Name the three factors.

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Toxicity, efficacy, dose

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What living materials are used in preclinical testing?

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Cells, tissues, live animals

20
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What is the difference between preclinical testing and clinical trials?

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PT: Use cells, tissues, animals; CT: Use healthy volunteers and patients

21
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Define ‘placebo’.

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A medicine that does not contain the active drug being tested

22
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What is a double-blind trial?

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Neither the doctors nor the patients know who gets the real drug/placebo

101B GCSE Biology Paper 1 (14 decks)

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