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Disease, defence and treatment Flashcards

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What is droplet infection and how is it transferred? Give 3 examples

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When you cough/sneeze tiny droplets are released into the air and then others breathe it in
Influenza, Tuberculosis, Common Cold

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What is direct contact and how is it transferred? Give 2 examples

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Spread by direct contact, very infectious
Genital herpes, impetigo

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How do cuts lead to diseases? Give 2 examples

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Break/cut in skin can allow microbes direct entry inside your body
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis

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How is contaminated food/drink transferred? Give 2 examples

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Eating raw meat can lead to you putting many microbes into your stomach
Food poisoning, salmonella

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5
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Describe a virus structure

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Protein spikes, Protein coat and a DNA (genome)

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The immune system recognises which part of the pathogen? why?

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Antigens are chemicals on the surface of all cells. The antigens of cells that don’t belong to the body are recognised as foreign, and can stimulate an immune response.

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Describe a bacteria structure

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Cell wall, Cell membrane, cytoplasm and genes

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How do bacteria make us feel ill?

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May produce toxins that make us feel ill and damage tissue

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How do virus’ make us feel ill?

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They live and reproduce inside host cells, causing damage

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What is phagocyte?

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A type of white blood cell

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Describe the 4 steps of phagocytosis

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1.Pathogen recognised by phagocyte as a foreign body
2.Pathogen is engulfed by phagocyte
3.Lysosomes inside the phagocyte breakdown and destroy pathogen
4.Waste is expelled from the phagocyte

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What are lysosomes?

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enzymes

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Describe the process of antitoxin production.

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The lymphocyte recognises the bacteria and produces antitoxins to neutralise the toxins produced by the bacteria.

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Describe the process of antibody production/Primary response

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Specific proteins are formed on the pathogens surface (antigens)
Lymphocyte produces antibodies that have a specific shape to the antigen and bind. This will prevent the pathogen from causing harm by destroying the pathogen.

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Describe Secondary Response

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Lymphocytes detect the pathogen (encountered in 1st response) , the memory cells ‘remember’ the antibody required for the antigen. Antibody is rapidly reproduced to take the pathogen

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16
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Compare Primary Response to Secondary Response

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Primary is:
slower, gradual and has lower max antibody production
Secondary is:
faster, rapid production and has higher max of antibody production

17
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Define herd immunity

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If a large proportion of the population is immune to a pathogen the spread of the pathogen is very much reduced

18
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Why are vaccines recommended?

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They reduce the risk of death, reduce the likelihood of severe symptoms

19
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Why do some people dislike vaccines?

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might suffer from high reactions,

20
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What are new drugs tested for?

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Efficacy, toxicity and dose

21
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What is efficacy?

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How well the medication works

22
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What is toxicity?

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The medications harmfulness

23
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What is the dose?

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The amount of drug in a medications

24
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What are the 6 stages of drug testing?

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  1. Computer simulation
  2. Tissue and organ testing
  3. Animal testing
  4. Small clinical trials on healthy volunteers
  5. Small clinical trials on affected patients
  6. Large scale clinical trials
25
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Define a double blind trial

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A trial where neither the researchers nor the volunteer know whether the volunteer has taken the new medicine or the placebo

26
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What is the point of double blind trials?

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to see how effective new medicines are and eliminate psychological effects

27
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What are 5 factors affecting people with autism?

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Age, genetics, medical conditions, growth in population, better diagnoses

28
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What are monoclonal antibodies?

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Singular, specialised, immune defences against pathogens

29
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What do monoclonal antibodies do?

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Provide passive immunity

30
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How do bacteria reproduce?

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via binary fission

31
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How do viruses reproduce?

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In suitable host cells they replicate into themselves

32
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Why are viruses not considered to be living cells?

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They don’t have a nucleus, organelles or cytoplasms so they can’t monitor or create change in their internal environment

33
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Define antibiotic

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a susbstance produced by a microorganism to kill other microorganisms
e.g penicillin, penicillium

34
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Define pathogen

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a disease causing microorganism

35
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What is the causative agent of AIDS and is it a virus, bacteria or protist?

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HIV, virus

36
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What is the causative agent of chlamydia and is it a virus, bacteria or protist?

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Chlamydiatrachomatis, bacteria

37
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What is the causative agent of malaria and is it a virus, bacteria or protist?

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Plasmodium, protist

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