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