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Health unit 3
Health
Question | Answer |
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Cells – | – the basic building blocks of life. |
2. Tissue – | – groups of similar cells that do the same kind of work |
3. Organs | structures made up of different types of tissues that all work together. |
4. Skeletal System – | –a body system consisting of bones and the tissues connecting them |
5. Muscular System | – made up of all the muscles in your body |
6. Digestive System – | – The body system that controls digestion of food. |
7. Excretory System – | – gets rid of the wastes your body produces and also maintains fluid balance. |
Circulatory System – | – allows the body to move blood to and from tissues |
9. Respiratory System | enables you to breathe; transports oxygen and carbon dioxide into and out of the body |
Nervous System – | the control center and communication system of the body |
11. Disease – | a condition that affects the proper functioning of the body or mind |
12. Communicable Disease – | – diseases that can be spread |
13. Non-communicable Disease | diseases that do not spread, such as cancer and diabetes |
.14.Pathogen – | a microscopic organism that causes communicable disease |
15. Contagious – | when one can spread a virus to others by direct or indirect contact |
16. Vaccine – | medicine that protect you from getting certain diseases |
17. Medicines – | – drugs used to treat, cure or prevent disease |
18. Prescription Medicines | medicines sold only with a written order from a doctor. |
19. Over-the-counter Medicines. | – medicines available without a written order from a doctor. |
20. Antibiotic | – medicine that kills or stops the growth of bacteria and other specific germs |
21. Side Effect – | any reaction to a medicine other than the one intended |
22. Tolerance – | the body becomes used to the medicine and it longer has the same effect |
23. Nicotine – | a drug that speeds up the heartbeat and affects the central nervous system |
24. Carbon | – poisonous, odorless gas produced when tobacco burns |
25. Tar – | thick, oily, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns |
26. Emphysema – | a disease that occurs when the tiny air sacs in the lungs lose their elasticity, or ability to stretch |
27. Alcohol | a substance produced by a chemical reaction in carbohydrates |
28.Depressant – | a drug that slows down the brain and body functions |
29.Cirrhosis | – destruction and scarring of the liver tissue |
30. Inhalants | substances whose fumes or vapors are inhaled, or breathed in |
31.Marijuana – | an illegal drug that comes from the hemp plant; also known as pot or weed |
32. Stimulants – | drugs that speed up the body’s functions |
33. Narotics | – strong drugs that relieve pain; prescription drugs that are abused |
34. Hallucinogens | illegal drugs that cause the user’s brain to create or distort images and to see and hear things that are not real |