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