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