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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. A reaction to injury or infection that causes swelling & redness & and pain
white blood cell
infection
inflammation
white blood cell
2. A tiny & single-celled organism & some of which can cause disease
fungus
pathogen
bacteria
white blood cell
3. A medicine that kills bacteria
parasite
bacteria
inflammation
antibiotic
4. A reaction to injury or infection that causes swelling & redness & and pain
symptom
white blood cell
inflammation
bacteria
5. A medicine that kills bacteria
parasite
inflammation
fungus
antibiotic
6. A type of medicine that prevents future infection of a disease
parasite
vaccine
pathogen
symptom
7. A blood cell whose primary job is to defend the body against disease
infection
white blood cell
virus
vaccine
8. An animal or plant that lives in or on another plant or animal. For example - this hookworm is a __________ living under the skin.
virus
infection
parasite
symptom
9. An organism that absorbs nutrients off of dead organisms & such a mushroom. Fungal infections can cause athletes' foot & jock itch & and
bacteria
inflammation
fungus
infection
10. The invasion of the body by a pathogen. The pathogen then spreads.
antibiotic
symptom
vaccine
infection
11. A blood cell whose primary job is to defend the body against disease
fungus
pathogen
inflammation
white blood cell
12. An animal or plant that lives in or on another plant or animal. For example - this hookworm is a __________ living under the skin.
pathogen
infection
vaccine
parasite
13. Anything that can enter the body and cause a disease
pathogen
bacteria
infection
vaccine
14. A tiny & single-celled organism & some of which can cause disease
symptom
parasite
bacteria
antibiotic
15. Anything that can enter the body and cause a disease
pathogen
parasite
virus
symptom
16. A type of medicine that prevents future infection of a disease
vaccine
pathogen
white blood cell
symptom
17. A change in a person's body or mind caused by a disease
fungus
virus
virus
symptom
18. A disease-causing particle containing genetic material
antibiotic
virus
symptom
parasite
19. The invasion of the body by a pathogen. The pathogen then spreads.
inflammation
inflammation
bacteria
infection
20. A disease-causing particle containing genetic material
white blood cell
virus
white blood cell
parasite
21. A change in a person's body or mind caused by a disease
virus
symptom
virus
inflammation
22. An organism that absorbs nutrients off of dead organisms & such a mushroom. Fungal infections can cause athletes' foot & jock itch & and
fungus
virus
vaccine
bacteria