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