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Health/Disease
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| antigen | a protein and/or chemical that is foreign to our bodies. |
| pathogen | are disease causing agents, such as viruses and bacteria |
| pathogen | They are sometimes called germs |
| bacteria | are Microscopic unicellular organisms that do not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles (prokaryotes). |
| pasteurization | is the process in which food is heated to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria. It is based on the work of Louis Pasteur. (mid1800s) |
| antibiotics | Bacterial diseases can be treated with |
| antibiotics | are medicines that stop the growth and reproduction of bacteria |
| virus | is a strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by a layer of protein that can infect and replicate in a host cell. |
| virus | They are between 20-100 times smaller than bacteria |
| host cell | 9. Viruses are not considered living things; they can replicate but must rely on a living organism to do so. The cell that the virus attaches to is called the ______. |
| viral | Antibiotics do not work against _________infections |
| communicable diseases | are also call infectious diseases |
| pathogens | Communicable diseases are caused by _________________ that can be transmitted from one person to another. |
| communicable diseases | The type of disease that may pass by direct contact, the exchange of blood or bodily fluids, indirect contact, or a vector. |
| vector | a disease carrying organism that does not develop the disease. |
| communicable | viruses and bacteria cause what type of disease? |
| non-communicable | genetics,life style choices, and environment are the cause of what type of disease? |
| cancer | is a disease in which cells reproduce uncontrollably without the usual signals to stop. |
| immunity | means exempt or free |
| passive immunity | this occurs when antibodies made in one organism are introduced into the body of another. This type of immunity comes from birth and/or a mother nursing a baby. |
| active immunity | occurs when your body makes its own antibodies, when you have a disease, or get a vaccine for a disease; your body will make antibodies against the illness that will stay in the body long after the illness is gone. |
| antibody | substance made by an animal in response to an antigen. It attaches to the antigen/pathogen making it harmless. |
| vaccines | are introduced to our bodies to give us active immunity from a disease without making us have the disease. Some are made in the lab with different compounds others are made from a weakened virus that cannot cause the disease or illness anymore. |
| antibiotics | Used to treat and possibly cure BACTERIAL infections. Ineffective against viral diseases |
| allergies | are over sensitive responses to a common antigen. If the body treats the antigen as a pathogen the typical immune response is mucus production and inflammation |
| symptoms | are evidence of disease or of a patient's condition. |
| prevention | to keep a person from getting ill because of a disease. |
| treatment | refer to the ways we deal with a disease once they have been acquired. The management and care of a patient, or the combating of a disease or disorder. |
| cure | something that relieves a patient of the symptoms of the disease or condition |
| calorie | the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of water by 1◦ C. It shows how much energy food contains. |
| protein | a large macromolecule that is made of amino acids and contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes sulfur. |
| carbohydrates | is a large macromolecule that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, and are usually the body’s major source of energy. |
| fats | (also called lipids) provide energy and help your body absorb vitamins |
| vitamins | nutrients that are needed in small amounts for growth, regulating body functions, and preventing some diseases. |
| minerals | are inorganic nutrients that help the body regulate many chemical reactions |
| cold, flu, chicken pox, strep throat, pnemonia, whooping cough, and syphilis | The following are examples or communicable diseases: |
| non-communicable | The following are examples of what type of disease: lung cancer, heart disease, cystic fibrosis, osteoporosis |
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