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