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Unit C - Cell Biology and Disease (Vocab) Flashcards

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Infectious

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A disease passed from one organism to another

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Disease

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A breakdown of structure and function in a living organism

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Carrier

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A person can transmit the disease, but does not exhibit symptoms

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Epidemiologist

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A scientist who traces the spread of disease through a population

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Ethics

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A system of principles that can guide decisions and practice in terms of whether or not something is morally right or just

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Quarantine

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A period of isolation to control the spread of a disease

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Vector

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An organism that spreads disease causing germs

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Magnify/magnification

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To enlarge the size of an object

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Microbe

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A microscopic cellular organism or a virus

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Cell

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The smallest structural unit of all living things

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Multicellular

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An organism made up of many cells

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Cell membrane

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The cell part that separates the cell from the external environment; lets things come in and get out of the cell

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Cytoplasm

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The material that fills most of the inside of cells

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Nuclear membrane

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The cell part that separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell

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Nucleus

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Directs all cell activities

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Organelles

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Cell structures performing a certain action

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Control

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A standard for comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment

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Hypothesis

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A possible explanation for observations, facts, or events that can be tested/experimented on later

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Respiration

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Occurs when cells break down glucose and release energy; requires oxygen

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Mitochondria

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The organelles that produce most of the energy the cell needs

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Cross-section

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A type of representation that shows what a view would look like when cutting through an object

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Bacteria

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Single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles

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Protist

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An organism made up of a single cell or many cells with a nucleus, and that is not an animal, plant, or fungus

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Virus

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A microbe that is not made of cells and cannot grow or reproduce outside of a living host cell

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ABO blood types

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The human blood group system based on the presence or absence of antigens on red blood cells.

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Immune system

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A system of specialized cells that coordinate and communicate in order to inactivate foreign material.

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Red blood cell

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Blood cell that transports oxygen (study unit C for more info)

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White blood cell

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One cell in the immune system used for fighting infections (study unit C for more info)

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Petri dish

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Container used for growing microbes

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Qualitative data

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Data that is not numbers, but qualities (hence QUALITative)

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Quantitative data

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Data that is with numbers, not qualities (hence QUANTITative)

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Antibiotic

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Medicine used to TREAT BACTERIAL infections

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Vaccination/vaccine

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Used to PREVENT INFECTIOUS diseases (both virus and bacteria)

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Scientific method

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A set of processes used when conducting investigations. These generally involve making observations, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions, especially when testing scientific hypotheses

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Full course

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Taking the complete prescription of antibiotics from a doctor

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Resistance

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Ability of some microbes to withstand the killing action of antibiotics

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Sample size

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The number of observations in a sample

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Infection

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The presence of a disease caused by a pathogen, such as a bacteria or virus.

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Emerging disease

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Infectious disease that is new, due to evolution of a disease-causing agent, or has to spread to new geographic areas.

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Epidemic

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A widespread outbreak of a disease

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Sterile

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Free of microbes

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Medium

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Substance on which microbes are grown

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Agar

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Gel-like medium

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Colony

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Group of microbes that usually grow from a single cell

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Culture

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Mass of microbes growing on a lab medium; to grow microbes

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Contagious

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Infectious disease passed by physical contact from one person to another

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