9D Flashcards
What do white blood cells do?
Kill pathogens,
An antiseptic is only for
Living things
Disinfectant is for
Non-living things
The four types of illness
Parasite virus, a fungus and bacterium
Examples of parasite
Tapeworms
Examples of virus
Covid or cold?
Examples of fungus
Athletes foot
Example of bacterium
Tuberculosis
How can you catch any of these patheogens
By not washing your hands by putting body parts on dirty surfaces, and being in contact with another sick person
What are the types of white blood cell?
There were lymphocytes and phagocytes
What are the spiky bit of a pathogen?
They are called antigens
What is the stalky things on the lymphocytes?
Antibody
How does a lymphocyte kill pathogen?
The antibodies on the lymphocyte shoots off the lymphocyte into the blood. It attaches to the pathogen, cramping them together, and eventually killing them. It also attract the phagocyte.
What do lymphocytes have to react fast to the next time you get the same sickness
They have good memory
How do you phagocytes kill pathogens?
They have an abstract nucleus, so their is space in the cell to engulf the pathogen