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H & F Term 10
Disease Prevention - Chapter 21 & 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| caused by organisms or viruses that enter and multiply within the body | infectious disease |
| microorganisms and viruses that cause disease | pathogens |
| type of pathogen that causes food poisoning, strep throat, lyme disease, and staph infections | bacteria |
| type of pathogen that causes the common cold, chicken pox, and measels | virus |
| type of pathogen that causes athlete's foot and ringworm | fungi |
| type of pathogen that causes malaria | protozoans |
| how are pathogens spread | through contact with an infected person or animal, contaminated objects, or contaminated food or water |
| fights disease by producing a seperate set of weapons for each kind of pathogen | immune system |
| your body's ability to destroy pathogens that have been previously encountered | immunity |
| injections that help you become immune to a disease | immunizations |
| used to treat a bacterial disease | antibiotic |
| an unusually high occurence of a disease in a certain place during a certain time frame | epidemic |
| an infectious disease that has become increasily common within the last 20 years | emerging disease |
| diseases of the heart and blood vessels | cardivascular diseases |
| types of cardiovascular disease | hypertension, heart attack, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, and stroke |
| occurs when the heart doesn't get enough blood supply and dies | heart attack |
| a sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain | stroke |
| harms the body by destroying healthy body tissue | cancer |
| mass of tissue | tumor |
| a cancerous tumor | malignant |
| non-cancerous tumor | benign |
| cancer-causing agents | carcinogens |
| cancer therapy that uses drugs to slow the reproduction of cancer cells | chemotherapy |
| the removal of a small piece of tissue to examine it for cancer | biopsy |
| disease in which the body's ability to use glucose is impaired | diabetes |
| type of diabetes that usually first appears in children | type 1 |
| type of diabetes that strikes overweight and sedebtary children | type 2 |
| a disorder in which the immune system is overly sensitive to a particular substance | allergy |
| a substance that causes an allergy | allergen |
| a disorder in which a person's respiratory passages become inflamed and narrow significantly | asthma |
| inflammation or irritation of a joint | arthritis |
| the most common type of arthritis | osteoarthritis |
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