Chapter 18 Flashcards
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Communicable disease
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Disease that’s spread by another person, animal, object
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Disease
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Any condition that interferes with functioning of the body
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Pathogens
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Germs
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Infection
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When germs come in body multiply and cause problems
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Viruses
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Smallest pathogens
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Bacteria
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Tiny one-celled organisims
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Fungi
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Can’t make their own food, more complex than bacteria
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Protozoa
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One-celled, more complex than bacteria
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Vector
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Organism that transmits germs
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Hygiene
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Cleanliness
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Immune system
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Body defenses
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Immunity
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Body’s ability to resist germs
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Inflammation
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Pain heat swelling redness
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Lymphatic system
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Second circulatory system
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Lymphocytes
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White blood cells
