Ch 24 Vocab

Question 0

an organism that causes disease

Answer 0

pathogen

Question 1

a disease that is spread from one living thing to another or through to environment

Answer 1

communicable disease

Question 2

a condition that occurs when pathogens enter the body, multiply, and damage body cells

Answer 2

infection

Question 3

pieces of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat

Answer 3

viruses

Question 4

single-celled microorganisms

Answer 4

bacteria

Question 5

a substance that kills cells or interferes with their functions

Answer 5

toxin

Question 6

an organism, usually an arthropod, such as a tick, that carries and transmits pathogens to humans or other animals

Answer 6

vectors

Question 7

a network of cells, tissues, organs, and chemicals that fights off pathogens

Answer 7

immune system

Question 8

a reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection

Answer 8

inflammatory response

Question 9

a white blood cell that attacks invading pathogens

Answer 9

phagocyte

Question 10

a substance that is capable of triggering an immune response

Answer 10

antigen

Question 11

the state of being protected against a particular disease

Answer 11

immunity

Question 12

a specialized white blood cell that coordinates and performs many of the functions of specific immunity

Answer 12

lymphocyte

Question 13

a protein that acts against a specific antigen

Answer 13

antibody

Question 14

a preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced into the body to stimulate an immune response

Answer 14

vaccine

Question 15

an infection of the lungs in which the air sacs fill with pus and other liquid

Answer 15

pneumonia

Question 16

a yellowing of the skin and eyes

Answer 16

jaundice

Question 17

a communicable disease whose incidence in humans has increased within the past two decades or threatens to increase in the near future

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emerging infection

Question 18

trigger the production of B cells and killer T cells

Answer 18

helper T cells

Question 19

a cell that makes one type of antibody for a specific pathogen

Answer 19

B cells

Question 20

a large phagocyte cell/ white blood cell that heals infections

Answer 20

macrophage

Question 21

attack and destroy infected body cells

Answer 21

killer T cells

Question 22

bacteria becoming immune to antibiotics

Answer 22

antibiotic resistance