Fighting DIsease

Question 1

Pathogens-

Answer 1

Organisms that cause disease

Question 2

4 Types of Pathogens-

Answer 2

Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protists

Question 3

Bacteria-

Answer 3

One celled micoorganisms

Question 4

Toxin-

Answer 4

A poison produced by bacterial pathogens that damage cells

Question 5

Viruses-

Answer 5

Tiny particles much smaller than bacteria.

Question 6

What diseases are caused by viruses?

Answer 6

Colds, influenza flu

Question 7

What are some diseases caused by bacteria?

Answer 7

Strepthroat, Food poisining

Question 8

Fungi-

Answer 8

molds and yeasts

Question 9

What are some fungi diseases?

Answer 9

Athletes foot

Question 10

How are pathogens spread?

Answer 10

Person to person contact, contaminated object, animal bite, the environment.

Question 11

What are some examples of person to person transfer?

Answer 11

Shaking hands, hugging

Question 12

What are some examples of Contaminated object transfer?

Answer 12

Eating/drinking after someone

Question 13

What are some diseases you can get from an animal bite?

Answer 13

Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Question 14

What disease can you get from pathogens in the environment?

Answer 14

Botulism

Question 15

what is your bodies first line of defense?

Answer 15

Barriers like , Skin, breathing passages, and your mouth and stomach

Question 16

Whats your bodies 2nd line of defense

Answer 16

Inflammatory Response

Question 17

what is Inflammatory response?

Answer 17

When white blood cells leak from blood vessels into nearby tissues. The white blood cells then fight the pathogens

Question 18

Phagocyte?

Answer 18

A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down

Question 19

what is your body’s 3rd line of defense?

Answer 19

immune response

Question 20

What is immune response

Answer 20

Then immune system can distinguish between different types of pathogens. the immune system reacts to each very specific pathogen.

Question 21

T cells-

Answer 21

a Lymphoctye the identifies pathogens

Question 22

Lymphocytes-

Answer 22

types of white blood cells

Question 23

Antigens-

Answer 23

molecules on cells that the immune system recognizes something as either a part of your body, or not a part of your body

Question 24

B cells-

Answer 24

A lymphocyte that produces chemicals that help destroy a specific kind of pathogen

Question 25

Antibodies-

Answer 25

a chemical produced by a B cell that destroys a specific type of pathogen

Question 26

What is AIDS

Answer 26

a disease that effects the immune system

Question 27

What causes AIDS

Answer 27

The HIV virus.

Question 28

what cells to HIV destroy?

Answer 28

T cells

Question 29

How can HIVs spread?

Answer 29

Bodily fluids, using the same needle, and infected blood

Question 30

Immunity-

Answer 30

the body’s ability to destroy pathogens

Question 31

Active immunity-

Answer 31

occurs when a person’s own immune system produces antibodies in response to a pathogen

Question 32

Vaccination-

Answer 32

The process by which harmless antigens are deliberately introduced into a persons body to produce active immunity

Question 33

Vaccine-

Answer 33

consists of pathogens that are weakened or killed

Question 34

What are ways to gain active immunity?

Answer 34

By getting the disease or getting a vaccination

Question 35

Passive immunity-

Answer 35

where antibodies are given to a person

Question 36

Antibiotics-

Answer 36

a chemical that kills bacteria.

Question 37

There are no medicines to cure___________?

Answer 37

Viruses

Question 38

Prevention of HIVs from most safe to least safe

Answer 38

Abstinence, latex condom, natural condom, unprotected sex

Question 39

Infectious Disease-

Answer 39

Disease that can be passed from one organism to another.