Deck 2

Question 1

pathogens

Answer 1

Microbes that cause disease in humans

Question 2

What are the six general types of pathogenic microbes

Answer 2

viruses, bacteria, rickettsias, fungi, protozoa, and helminths.

Question 3

What are the steps an illness follows from the time the pathogen enters the body.

Answer 3

incubation period, prodromal period, typical illness, convalescence, and recovery

Question 4

What are the body’s defenses?

Answer 4

skin, body secretions, mucous membranes, enzymes, blood compounds, and interferon.

Question 5

What are common diseases that impact children?

Answer 5

Common cold, streptococcal throat infection, influenza, infectious mononucleosis, and the various types of hepatitis.

Question 6

Neoplasm

Answer 6

Tumor

Question 7

Metastasis

Answer 7

How cancer spreads.

Question 8

Symptoms of Sickle-cell anemia

Answer 8

extreme pain, damage to vital organs, and possible early death.

Question 9

Three most common types of epilepsy

Answer 9

general tonic clonic (grand mal); generalized absence (petit mal); and complex partial (psychomotor).

Question 10

Hunger-Free Kids Act

Answer 10

programs offering food options to children of low-income families, to offer more nutritious food options to children, educate them about healthy food choices, and teach children healthy lifetime habits.