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