MicroLife pages 1-2 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Alexander Fleming | Discovered that penicillin destroys the cell wall of bacteria, but does not affect human blood cells. |
| vector | an organism (not a person) that spreads disease-causing germs usually without getting sick itself |
| epidemiologist | scientists who trace the spread of a disease through a population |
| quarantine | to keep a sick person away from others in order to prevent the spreading of a disease |
| infectious | can be passed from one person to another |
| immune system | The system that defends the body against foreign substances from the outside |
| germ theory of disease | the idea that microbes (germs) can cause infectious disease and are easily spread by people |
| cell theory | the idea that cells are the building blocks that make up all living things |
| full course | The full prescribed amount of medicine |
| cell membrane | • Acts as a barrier to protect the cell • controls what enters and leaves the cell |
| carrier | a person who is contagious but never develops symptoms of the disease or develops symptoms only after a long period of time |
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