Keeping Healthy Flashcards

1
Q

What happens if you don’t have a balanced diet?

A

You will feel malnourished and get deficiency diseases

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2
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What could we do in hospitals to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance?

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Use special hells for our hands,wipes, wear special gloves

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3
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How can doctors prevent the development of antibiotic resistance?

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Finish the coarse, don’t give it to the people with viruses

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4
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What do Bacteria Pathogens do to make us I’ll?

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Damage our cells and produce toxins

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5
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Which are smaller bacteria or viruses?

A

Viruses

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6
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How do viruses replicate themselves?

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By invading your cells and producing many copies of themselves

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7
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What would the virus do to the cells?

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Burst the cells which makes us feel ill

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8
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Where are microorganisms grown in?

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Culture medium, usually I’m agar jelly containing the right nutrients to grow

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9
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Where is the agar jelly poured into?

A

Petri Dishes

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10
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What are used to transfer microbes?

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Wire loops

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11
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What do you do with the paper disks?

A

Soak them in different types of antibiotics

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12
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What will happen to the antibiotic resistant bacteria?

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It will continue to grow

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13
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Explain Cholesterol

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Can affect health, made in the liver, needed for healthy cell membranes, too much can cause the risk of heart diseases and arthritis

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14
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Name the two types of Cholesterol

A

LDL (Low Density Lipoproteins)

HDL (High Density Lipoproteins)

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15
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Which is the best type of cholesterol and why?

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HDL because it stops fat building in arteries.

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16
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How can white blood cells injest and destroy pathogens?

A

By producing antibodies that destroys infectious microbes

17
Q

Diseases caused by bacteria

A

Food Poisoning
Cholera
Typhoid
Whooping Cough

18
Q

Diseases cause by viruses

A

Flu
Colds
Measles
Mumps

19
Q

What can white blood cells do?

A

Ingest pathogens and destroy them
Produce antibodies to destroy pathogens
Counteract toxins by producing antitoxins

20
Q

What is the name for antibodies and antitoxins?

A

Specialised Proteins

21
Q

How do Antibodies destroy Pathogens?

A

Bind to pathogens and damage or destroy them

Coat pathogens so they can be ingested by white blood cells

22
Q

What are antigens?

A

Certain chemicals that are foreign to the body contained by pathogens

23
Q

What are Lymphocytes?

A

Certain white blood cells that can produce specific antibodies to kill a particular pathogen

24
Q

What does vaccination involve?

A

Putting small amounts of an inactive form of pathogen, or dead pathogen into the body

25
Q

What does penicillin do?

A

Breaks down cell walls

26
Q

What should you do to stop the development of resistant bacteria?

A

Avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics

Complete the full course

27
Q

What is the safe temperature when growing pathogens?

A

25

28
Q

What is the temperature at which pathogens can be grown to harmful to health?

A

37

29
Q

What is a Balanced diet?

A

Carbs,protein,fats,minerals,vitamins,fibre,water. You need the correct amounts of all to have it ‘balanced’