Infection And Respose Post Mock Flashcards
Pathogens
Microorganisms that enter body and cause disease
4 types of pathogens
Fungi
Protist
Virus
Bacteria
How does bacteria make you feel ill
By producing toxins that damage your cells and tidsue
How do viruses make us ill
Live inside yourcells and replicate themselves
The cell will then burst releasing new viruses
This cell damage will make you ill
What are bacteria
Very small cells which can reproduce rapidly inside body
Protists
Single celled eukaryotes who live on or inside other organisms and can cause them damage
How do other organisms get protists
Transfered to the organism by a VECTOR
What are fungi body made up of
Hyphae(thread like structures)
How does hyphae make you sick
It penetrates through human skin (or surface of plants)causing disease
How does bacteria make you feel ill
They release toxins
Killing cells
Crowd and kill tissues
definition of a risk factor
increases a chance of disease
three risk factors for cancer or heart disease
diabetes
obesity
smoking, high cholesterol
