Healthy Living year 9 yearly Flashcards
Lifestyle factors that affect your health
Smoking
Alcohol
Exercise
Diet
How to reduce risk of disease
Sleep
Exercise
Diet
Healthy habits
Organs that defend the body from pathogens
Lachrymal gland Mucus Stomach Skin Saliva Lymph nodes
What happens if pathogens enter the body
The area becomes inflamed
What happens when part of you body is inflamed
Blood rushes to that spot
White blood cells are released
White blood cells engulf and destroy pathogens
What temperature should the body be at
37 degrees Celsius
What is a fever
A sign that the body is fighting infection
What is an antigen
A foreign body
What is a pathogen
A bacteria, virus or microorganism that can cause disease
What are Antibodies
A protein that latches onto and destroys antigens
What is a lymphocytes
A white blood cell
What are vaccines
A weak dose of a virus or bacteria that is injected into the body to train the antibodies to recognise the pathogen
Who founded the vaccine
Edward jenner
Pros to using vaccines
Prevents people from contracting disease
Cons to using vaccines
Allergic reactions
Expensive
What does AIDS stands for
Auto immune deficiency syndrome
What does HIV stand for
Human immunodeficiency virus
What happens when you have AIDS
You gain flu like symptoms
Weak immune system
How can HIV spread
Blood
Semen
Vaginal fluid
Breast milk
Male reproductive organs
Testes Scrotom Vas deferens Prostate gland Seminal vesicle Urethra Penis
Female reproductive organs
Ovaries Fallopian tubes Uterus Cervix Vagina Clitoris
What does IVF
In virtro fertilisation
What is on an ivf
The egg is fertilised outside of the body
What does HIV stand for
Human immunodeficiency virus
What happens when you have AIDS
You gain flu like symptoms
Weak immune system
