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