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