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Flashcards by Dawn Shepherd, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Dawn Shepherd
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| BACTERIA | One celled tiny organisms that come in many shapes and grow everywhere. |
| VIRUS | Smaller in size than bacteria and responsible for more infections than any other pathogen. |
| FUNGI | An organism that usually causes disease of the skin. |
| TINY ANIMALS | One-celled organisms called amoeba can penetrate the human body and cause problems in the lining of the membranes of the intestines. Some infectious animals are called parasites. |
| DISEASES FROM BACTERIA | Bronchitis Lyme Disease Pinkeye Salmonella Staph Infection Strep throat |
| DISEASES FROM A VIRUS | Chicken Pox Cold Sores Flu Chicken Pox Cold Sores Flu Hepatitis HIV and AIDS Mono (mononucleosis) HIV and AIDS Mono (mononucleosis) |
| DISEASES FROM FUNGI | Athlete’s Foot Jock Itch Ringworm Candidiasis (Yeast Infection) |
| DISEASES FROM TINY ANIMALS | Ascariasis Pinworm Scabies Amoebic Dysentery |
| WAYS TO SPREAD DISEASE | CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT DIRECT CONTACT CONTACT WITH AN ANIMAL AIRBORNE |
| CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT | EXAMPLES: Sharing a cup Sharing a hypodermic needle Sharing a shower (fungal infection) |
| DIRECT CONTACT | EXAMPLES Kissing Sexual Contact Skin to Skin contact |
| CONTACT WITH AN ANIMAL | Bug bite Dog bite |
| DEFENSES YOUR BODY HAS AGAINST DISEASE | Eyes-tears, blinking Nose-hair, mucous Mouth-acid Abdomen- throwing up, acid Skin- first line of defense Fever- kills pathogen, triggers antibodies |
| HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM | Don't smoke. Eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables. Exercise regularly. Maintain a healthy weight. Manage your stress. Get adequate sleep. washing your hands frequently |
| B-CELLS | produce antibodies which attach themselves to the germs so the other cells can recognize that these germs need to be destroyed. |
| T-CELLS | Find invading germs or different cells and kill them |
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