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