B5 - Communicable diseases

Question 1

Antibody

Answer 1

A protein produced by white blood cells in response to a foreign substance being in the body

Question 2

Antitoxin

Answer 2

An antibody produced in response to a bacterial toxin

Question 3

Antiviral drugs

Answer 3

A drug that kills or inhibits viruses and is used to treat viral infections

Question 4

Disease

Answer 4

A disorder which affects a living organism. It has a specific cause and can be recognised by particular signs and symptoms

Question 5

Immune response

Answer 5

The response of the immune system to cells carrying foreign antigens. It results in the production of antibodies against the foreign cells and the destruction of those cells

Question 6

Immunity

Answer 6

The way in which white blood cells and the antibodies that some of them produce, enable the body to combat infection

Question 7

Infection

Answer 7

The invasion of any living organism by disease-causing microorganisms which produce various symptoms in their host

Question 8

Lymphocyte

Answer 8

A type of white blood cell formed in the lymph nodes and play an important role in the body’s defence mechanisms

Question 9

Pathogens

Answer 9

Microorganism that cause disease

Question 10

Penicillin

Answer 10

A specific type of antibiotic

Question 11

Phagocytosis

Answer 11

The process by which foreign particles invading the body are engulfed and broken down by phagocytes

Question 12

Protist

Answer 12

A kingdom into which all organisms of simple biological organisations are classified

Question 13

Toxin

Answer 13

A poison produced by a living organism, especially a bacterium