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Diseases
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Subject
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health-sciences
Instructions:
Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The invasion of the body by a pathogen. The pathogen then spreads.
antibiotic
pathogen
inflammation
infection
2. A change in a person's body or mind caused by a disease
parasite
inflammation
inflammation
symptom
3. An organism that absorbs nutrients off of dead organisms & such a mushroom. Fungal infections can cause athletes' foot & jock itch & and
white blood cell
fungus
vaccine
virus
4. Anything that can enter the body and cause a disease
fungus
pathogen
virus
bacteria
5. A medicine that kills bacteria
symptom
antibiotic
virus
bacteria
6. A disease-causing particle containing genetic material
bacteria
virus
infection
parasite
7. Anything that can enter the body and cause a disease
bacteria
parasite
pathogen
virus
8. The invasion of the body by a pathogen. The pathogen then spreads.
infection
inflammation
white blood cell
vaccine
9. A disease-causing particle containing genetic material
white blood cell
inflammation
inflammation
virus
10. A medicine that kills bacteria
fungus
antibiotic
parasite
pathogen
11. A type of medicine that prevents future infection of a disease
vaccine
pathogen
fungus
pathogen
12. A tiny & single-celled organism & some of which can cause disease
vaccine
symptom
bacteria
symptom
13. A reaction to injury or infection that causes swelling & redness & and pain
inflammation
symptom
infection
vaccine
14. A reaction to injury or infection that causes swelling & redness & and pain
parasite
inflammation
symptom
virus
15. A blood cell whose primary job is to defend the body against disease
parasite
symptom
symptom
white blood cell
16. An animal or plant that lives in or on another plant or animal. For example - this hookworm is a __________ living under the skin.
infection
virus
parasite
bacteria
17. An animal or plant that lives in or on another plant or animal. For example - this hookworm is a __________ living under the skin.
fungus
virus
antibiotic
parasite
18. A type of medicine that prevents future infection of a disease
parasite
fungus
symptom
vaccine
19. An organism that absorbs nutrients off of dead organisms & such a mushroom. Fungal infections can cause athletes' foot & jock itch & and
pathogen
fungus
pathogen
inflammation
20. A tiny & single-celled organism & some of which can cause disease
bacteria
infection
vaccine
parasite
21. A blood cell whose primary job is to defend the body against disease
symptom
white blood cell
virus
parasite
22. A change in a person's body or mind caused by a disease
symptom
white blood cell
fungus
parasite