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 |