health and disease

Question 1

good health

Answer 1

a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being

Question 2

physical well-being

Answer 2

free from disease, eating well, sleeping well, regular activity, limited intake of harmful substances

Question 3

social well being

Answer 3

getting on well with others, how surroundings affect you

Question 4

mental well being

Answer 4

how you feel about yourself, being able to deal with stressful situations

Question 5

communicable

Answer 5

diseases that spread from person to person

Question 6

non communicable

Answer 6

diseases that cannot spread from person to person

Question 7

disease

Answer 7

a condition where the normal function of the body is disturbed

Question 8

correlations with diseases

Answer 8

damages the bodies natural barriers
disease might damage the immune system
one disease stops an organ from working, which causes another to occur

Question 9

how cardio vascular disease is formed

Answer 9

tobacco smoke contains substances that damage the lungs’ blood vessel walls.

fatty deposits build up at the site of the damage and make the vessel narrower.

blood pressure rises and eventually, blood vessels become blocked.

Question 10

micro organism

Answer 10

small living organism

Question 11

4 types of micro organisms

Answer 11

fungi
bacteria
virus
protists

Question 12

disease caused by fungi

Answer 12

chlara dieback

Question 13

disease caused by protists

Answer 13

malaria

Question 14

disease caused by virus

Answer 14

AIDS

Question 15

disease caused by bacteria

Answer 15

TB

Question 16

pathogens

Answer 16

micro organisms that cause disease

Question 17

antigens

Answer 17

the points at the end of pathogens

Question 18

lymphocytes

Answer 18

white blood cells

Question 19

antibodies

Answer 19

hooks on lymphocytes that attach to antigens and kill the pathogens

Question 20

vaccination

Answer 20

preparing the immune system for infections by introducing inactive or dead forms of pathogens

Question 21

antibiotics

Answer 21

substances that either kill bacteria or inhibit their cell processes which stops them from growing

Question 22

a method of gaining immunity to a pathogen

Answer 22

Immunisation

Question 23

BMI

Answer 23

Body mass index

Weight/height^2

Question 24

another method of calculating fat

Answer 24

waist to hip ratio

Question 25

Treating cardiovascular disease

Answer 25

Lower blood cholesterol by cutting down on fatty foods.

Stop smoking and other recreational drugs. They can affect heart rate and blood pressure, increasing the risk of a heart attack.

Learn to reduce stress by relaxing.

Take regular exercise.

Maintain a healthy Body Mass Index to avoid high blood pressure and reduce the strain on the heart

Reduce the amount of salt in the diet to help reduce blood pressure.

Question 26

why do antibiotics not work on viruses

Answer 26

they only destroy bacterial cells

Question 27

how does a ‘heart bypass operation’ treat heart disease

Answer 27

new blood vessels bypass blockage
blood flow to the heart muscles are restored

Question 28

during a bacterial growth experiment, explain why the lid of the petri dish must be lifted only a little way

Answer 28

avoids contamination with bacteria

Question 29

stent

Answer 29

a small metal mesh tube that is used to keep blood vessels open and allow blood to flow freely

Question 30

risks for developing cardio vascular disease

Answer 30

• smoking
• high blood pressure