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