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