Fighting Disease Flashcards
What cells fight disease?
White Blood cells
What is an antibiotic?
a medicine that destroys mircoorganisms
What is an antibody?
Something that fights away the pathogens.
What is an antigen?
Something that works with the antibody to get rid of the pathogen and trap them.
What is a cilia?
Hair on a cell which traps bacteria.
What is a lymphocyte?
Something that produces antibodies which is a type of white blood cell.
What is a vaccination?
You are injected with a weak, dead or inactive form of a pathogen.
Mucus
Traps micro-organisms.
Mutation
The changing of a gene.
Pandemic
A worldwide spread.
Pathogen
Is a micro-organisms that causes disease.
Phagocyte
Engulf the pathogen.
Semmelweiss
Told doctors to wash their hands in antiseptic before moving onto other patients.
Epidemic
Local spread in one country.
Antiviral
Effective against viruses.
Inhibition zone
The clear area that is present.
Communicable disease
Can be spread from person to person.
Bacteria
Produce toxins or poison, that make us ill
What do antibiotics contain to kill bacteria?
Anti-toxins.
What do painkillers do?
They relive symptoms for a period of time.
Aseptic technique
Heat inoculating loop to destroy any micro-organisms that may be on the loop. We then leave it to cool down because if we take a sample to soon it will destroy the micro-organisms.
