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