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