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