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TIA Health Ch. 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inherited traits that increase someone's chances of becoming ill are called this. | Hereditary risk factor |
| This can spread from one person to another. | Infectious disease |
| An organism that infects people and makes them ill is this. | Pathogen |
| These are dangers in your environment that increase your chances of becoming ill. | Environmental Risk Factors |
| This means avoiding unhealthful behavior. | Abstinence |
| When a pathogen multiplies in the body it is called this. | Infection |
| This is a condition that damages or weakens part of the body. | Disease |
| This is the passing of traits from parents to their children. | Heredity |
| Anything that can increase your chances of becoming ill is this. | Health Risk Factors |
| These are the signs and feelings of a disease. | Symptoms |
| Pathogens spread disease when they are ______ from one person to another. | Transmitted |
| These are harmful wastes that can damage the body's cells. | Toxins |
| Your body's memory of how to make antibodies to a specific pathogen is this. | Immunity |
| This is an infectious disease spread by sexual contact. | Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs) |
| These are substances produced in the blood to help fight diseases. | Antibodies |
| This is a substance that helps move the sugar in blood into the body's cells. | Insulin |
| This is the body system that recognizes and destroys invading pathogens. | Immune Systems |
| Behaviors that increase your chances of becoming ill are called this. | Behavioral Risk Factors |
| This is a medicine used to protect people from a certain disease. | Vaccine |
| The body's natural ability to fight pathogens is called this. | Resistance |
| This is an abnormal mass of cells. | Tumors |
| This means receiving a vaccine to make you immune to a disease. | Immunization |
| This is a later does of a vaccine to maintain immunity. | Booster |
| This is a medicine used to kill pathogens, especially bacteria. | Antibiotic |
| Long-lasting disease are called this. | Chronic |
| This is anything that causes cancer. | Carcinogens |
| These are diseases of the heart and blood vessels. | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| Another word for a shot. | Injection |
| Three kinds of factors that increase your chances of becoming ill. | Heredity risk factors, environmental risk factors, and behavior risk factors |
| Which symptom do all five infectious diseases share? | Fever |
| How do antibodies work? | The help fight disease by attaching to specific pathogens and either killing them or marking them so they can be destroyed by Phagocytes. |
| Name 3 cardiovascular diseases. | Atherosclerosis, hypertension, and high blood pressure |
| What are three lifestyle choices that can lower your risk of developing chronic diseases? | Don't smoke, wash hands, avoid putting your fingers in your mouth or on your eyes, don't share food, avoid sick animals |
| Which kind of pathogen causes more human infectious diseases than any other? | Viruses |
| A diet low in this may help prevent heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. | A diet low in fat |
| Your body's first line of defense against pathogens includes these. | Antibodies, saliva, and mucus |
| What kind of disease causes the most death in the U.S. today? | Cardiovascular disease |
| The health risk factors that are often easiest to control are this. | Behavioral Risk Factors |
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