Co-ordination Systems And Diseases Flashcards
List 4 types of Pathogens
bacteria
Virus
Fungi
Protozoa
List 4 examples of Diseases
Tetanus: bacteria
Cold sore: Virus
Ringworm: fungi
Malaria: protozoa
What is a bacteria pathogen?
List 3 examples:
A single-celled organism without a nucleus
Examples: food poisoning, tetanus, pneumonia
What is a Virus pathogen?
List 3 examples:
A none living organisms that reproduces by talking over other cells in other organisms.
Examples: Common cold, flu, chicken pox
What is a Fungi pathogen?
List 3 examples:
Mushrooms like organisms that grow as single cells or thread-like filaments.
Examples: Ringworm, Athlete’s foot, mushroom poisoning
What is a Protozoa pathogen?
List 3 examples:
Single-celled organisms with a nucleus
Examples: Malaria, giardiasis, trypanosomiasis
What is a communicable disease?
A communicable disease is spread from person to person in a variety of ways.
Examples include contact with blood, bodily fluids, breathing in an airborne virus
What is a non-communicable disease?
A non-communicable disease is a disease that is not transmissible directly from person to person.
Examples: Cancer, diabetes, Chronic respiratory disease
What is a Pandemic?
An outbreak of a disease or pathogen that has spread worldwide, infecting many countries and continents.
Examples: COVID-19 pandemic
What is an Epidemic?
An Epidemic is an outbreak of a disease or pathogen that is only spread in a single community or country./
Examples: Ebola epidemic
What can a vaccination do?
What does it do?
How does it help?
Vaccines can help protect against diseases, imitating an infection. This type of imitation helps teach the immune system how to fight off future infections.
What does the Immune system do?
The immune system is a biological network that protects an organism from diseases.
What is the nervous system?
Where does it originate from?
What does it do?
The nervous system is the body’s command centre.
Originating from your brain,
it controls movements, thoughts and automatic responses.
What is the endocrine system?
What is it comprised of?
What is its directory?
The endocrine system is a messenger system
comprising feedback loops of the hormones released by internal glands of an organism
It directs messages into the circulatory system.
What is the stimulus-response
The process of the receptor reacting to the stimulus then sending sensory neurons to the brain. The brain then sends motor neurons, alerting the effector to the response.
