Fighting disease

Question 1

white blood cells

Answer 1

these cells fight disease

Question 2

Antibiotic

Answer 2

a substance that fights bacteria

Question 3

Antibody

Answer 3

a protein found in the blood.

protect from disease by binding to these organisms and destroying them.

Question 4

Phagocytosis

Answer 4

white blood cells can engulf foreign cells and digest them.

Question 5

bacteria

Answer 5

Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms.

Question 6

anti toxin

Answer 6

antibody with the ability to neutralize a specific toxin.

Question 7

MMR

Answer 7

measles mumps and rubella

Question 8

Literally “against-virus” – any medicine capable of destroying or weakening a virus.

Answer 8

antiviral

Question 9

Injection of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease.

Answer 9

vaccination

Question 10

virus

Answer 10

A virus is a biological agent that reproduces inside the cells of living hosts

Question 11

pros

Answer 11

Vaccination protects children from serious illness and complications of vaccine-preventable diseases which can include amputation of an arm or leg, paralysis of limbs, hearing loss, convulsions, brain damage, and death. Vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, mumps, and whooping cough, are still a threat.