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