BIOLOGY Flashcards
Name 3 difference between INFECTIOUS and NON-INFECTIOUS diseases
- ID: Spread from one person to another
NID: Cannot be spread from one person to another - ID: Caused by pathogens
NID: Not caused by pathogens - ID: Not Inherited
NID: May be inherited
(NID: Or may be caused by factors like air pollution, malnutrition, lifestyle choices)
Name 3 examples of INFECTIOUS and NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Infectious: Influenza, HIV, Pneumococcal disease
Non Infectious: Type 2 diabetes, Liver cirrohsis, Coronary Heart disease
What is a disease?
A condition that causes the body to function less effectively.
What are 3 ways Infectious Diseases are spread?
- Through Droplets in the Air
- By Direct Contact (exchanging bodily fluids)
- By contaminted Food and Water
What are substances that can trigger the PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES?
Antigens
How do vaccines work?
A vaccine, which contains an agent that resembles a pathogen (antigen), introduces virus to the body, it stimulates the WBC to quickly reproduce antibodies to destroy them, and recognise in future.
What is used to kill BACTERIA CELL and VIRUS?
Bacteria - Antibiotics
Virus - Vaccine
What are examples of antigens?
-PROTEINS on the surface of pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, are examples of antigens.
What are antibiotics?
Drugs used to treat bacterial infections. made by MICROORGANISMS and are used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
Why do Antibiotics kill Bacteria but not VIruses?
Antibiotics are INEFFECTIVE against them because viruses DON’T have CELL WALLS, CELL MEMBRANES, or RIBOSOMES.
How do Antibiotics work?
- Weakening the bacterial cell wall, thus allowing water to enter the bacterial cell by osmosis and causing it to swell and burst.
- Preventing ribosomes from making proteins and enzymes, thereby killing the bacteria.
- Breaking up bacterial cell membranes.
What are antivirals?
Medications that help the body fight off disease-causing viruses.
What are superbugs?
Bacteria resistant to antibiotics
How can we reduce ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE in Bacteria?
- Not MISUSING or OVERUSING antibiotics.
- Completing the full course of antibiotics prescribed by doctors
(so that all bacteria is killed). - Using antiobiotics only when neccesarry.
What are INFECTIOUS DISEASES caused by?
These diseases are caused byPATHOGENS (include viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites).
What are the ‘5 F.I.G.H.T. steps’ to prevent the spread of diseases?
Frequent handwashing
Immunisation
Go to the doctor
Home rest
Tissues and masks
Whar are the 3 main components tobacco smoke and its HARMFUL EFFECTS on the body?
[CARBON MONOXIDE]
-Reduces ability of blood to carry oxygen
-Increases risk of Coronary Heart disease
[NICOTINE]
-Causes addiction
-Increases heart Rate and Blood Pressure
-Increases risk of Coronary Heart disease
[TAR]
-Paralyses the cilia lining the air passage
-Increases risk of bronchitis and emphysema
-Increases risk of lung cancer
[TRUE / FALSE]
‘Carbon monoxide will bind with haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin. This will reduce the ability of red blood cells in transporting oxygen to the body cells.’
EYA
TRUE.
-Normally oxygen binds to haemoglobin to form oxyhaemoglobin.
-However haemoglobin has a higher affinity for carbon monoxide and binds with it more readily.
Name a chemical present in tobacco smoke and explain how it could have caused lung cancer.
Tar present in tobacco smoke. Tar is carcinogenic. It causes cells in the lung tissue to multiply uncontrollably and grow into a tumor.
How does the CANCEROUS TUMOR affect LUNG FUNCTION?
The tumor is a mass of tissue that occupy the air spaces and destroy the alveoli.
This will decrease the surface area for gas exchange.
Less oxygen will be absorbed into the blood stream and less carbon dioxide will be removed.
What are the possible treatment(s) for lung cancer?
(a) Chemotherapy/ radiotherapy to kill the cancer cells.
(b) Removal of the tumor from the lung hence person will lose part of the lung.
State the difference between a TISSUE and an ORGAN
A tissue is made up of similar cells but an organ is made up of different tissues.
State the difference between an organ and an organ system.
An Organ is made up of different tissues but an organ is made up of different organs.
What is the function of the:
-Red Blood Cell
-Nerve Cell
-Muscle Cell
-Cultured Stem Cell
-Root Hair Cell
Red Blood Cell- Carry oxygen from our lungs to the rest of the body
Nerve Cell- Sends commands to the brain and gives signals.
Muscle Cell- Perform movement for the body.
Cultured Stem Cell- Repair system for the body.
Root Hair Cell- Allows the plant to absorb more water.