Immunity Flashcards
What does itis mean?
Inflammation
What is a sign of disease?
A visual sign
What is a symptom of disease?
Something you feel
What is disease?
Disorder of a systems normal functions. A problem with the mind or body leading to a departure from good health
What is health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being which is more than just the absence of disease
What’s an example of a single cause disease?
Malaria
What’s an example of a multi factorial disease?
Heart disease
What is an acute disease?
Sudden rapid changes lasting for a short time
What is a chronic disease?
Long term debilitating disease that develops slowly and persists
What are the 4 main types of disease?
Pathogenic, deficiency, hereditary, and physiological
How are diseases split into 2 categories?
Communicable and non communicable
What is a pathogen?
An organism which causes disease, and lives by taking nutrition from the host, and may cause damage to the host
What is disease transmission?
The transfer of a pathogen from infected to uninfected people
What is a parasite?
Organisms that live in or on another living thing , they benefit at the hosts expense. They can be internal (e.g tapeworm) or external (e.g headlice)
What organisms can cause disease?
Bacteria, Fungi, virus, or protist
Examples of bacterial diseases?
Cholera and TB
Examples of fungi diseases?
Athletes foot and ringworm
Examples of viral diseases?
Cold influenza and aids
Examples of protist diseases?
Malaria
What is an immune response?
Specific response to a pathogen, involves the action of lymphocytes and the production of antibodies
What are antibodies?
Protein molecules produced and released in response to an antigen
What are antigens?
Foreign molecules (proteins or glycoproteins) that provoke an immune response
