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