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