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Healthy Living year 9 yearly Flashcards

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Lifestyle factors that affect your health

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Smoking
Alcohol
Exercise
Diet

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How to reduce risk of disease

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Sleep
Exercise
Diet
Healthy habits

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Organs that defend the body from pathogens

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Lachrymal gland
Mucus
Stomach
Skin
Saliva
Lymph nodes
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What happens if pathogens enter the body

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The area becomes inflamed

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What happens when part of you body is inflamed

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Blood rushes to that spot
White blood cells are released
White blood cells engulf and destroy pathogens

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6
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What temperature should the body be at

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37 degrees Celsius

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What is a fever

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A sign that the body is fighting infection

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What is an antigen

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A foreign body

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What is a pathogen

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A bacteria, virus or microorganism that can cause disease

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What are Antibodies

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A protein that latches onto and destroys antigens

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What is a lymphocytes

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A white blood cell

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What are vaccines

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A weak dose of a virus or bacteria that is injected into the body to train the antibodies to recognise the pathogen

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Who founded the vaccine

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Edward jenner

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Pros to using vaccines

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Prevents people from contracting disease

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Cons to using vaccines

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Allergic reactions

Expensive

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What does AIDS stands for

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Auto immune deficiency syndrome

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What does HIV stand for

A

Human immunodeficiency virus

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What happens when you have AIDS

A

You gain flu like symptoms

Weak immune system

19
Q

How can HIV spread

A

Blood
Semen
Vaginal fluid
Breast milk

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Q

Male reproductive organs

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Testes
Scrotom
Vas deferens
Prostate gland
Seminal vesicle
Urethra
Penis
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Female reproductive organs

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Ovaries
Fallopian tubes
Uterus
Cervix
Vagina
Clitoris
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What does IVF

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In virtro fertilisation

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What is on an ivf

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The egg is fertilised outside of the body

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What does HIV stand for

A

Human immunodeficiency virus

25
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What happens when you have AIDS

A

You gain flu like symptoms

Weak immune system

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