health and disease Flashcards
what is health
overall state of physcial and mental well-being
what can affect your health
diet ,excersise , community , genes
what is a pathogen
a microrganism that causes diesease
name examples of pathogens
viruses , bacteria , funig , protists
how can pathogens be spread
air , touch , blood , vector , direct conyact
how can bacteria make you feel ill
they can make you feel ill by porducing tosins
what type f cells are potists
eukaryotic cells
how do viruses make you feel ill
they li8ive isnide your celss and replicate themselves using cell machinery to producie many copies of themselves and the cell will evntually burst releasing all new viruses . this cell damage will make you feel ill
whare are sme rotists are
paratisites
what are parasites
live on or inside other organisms and can cause damage they are normally transferred by a vector
what are funigi
they can be single celled or made up of hyphae and these hyphae produce spores which can be spread to other plants and animals
three viral diseases
mealsels
hiv
tobacco mosaic
what is hiv caused by
sexual contact or by exchnging bodily fluids
a type of fungal diease
rose black spot
a type of diease caused by a porists
malaria
bacteria dieases
salmonella and gonorrhea
how can the spread of dieases decrease
by being hygienic
destroying vectors
isolating infected indiviuals
vaccinations
how does your skin act as a barrier to pathogens
it secrets antimrocobical sustances which kill pathogens
how does your stomach pretect against pathogens
it produces hyrdorchloirc acid which kills pathogens
how does your trachae and bronchi pretect against pathogens
they are lined with cillia which are ahir like structures whoch waft mucus up to the back of your throat
how can your immune system attack pathogens
it has white blood cells
how do white blood cells killl pathogens
cosum trhem and produce antibodies
how do white blood cells consume pathogens
theyu engulf foreign cells and digest them
what is phagocyttosis
when white blood cells van engulf foriegn cells and digest them