12.7 Preventing And Treating Disease

Question 1

Natural active immunity

Answer 1

Immune system produces T and B memory cells to ensure the pathogen is destroyed before symptoms are caused in the occurrence of a secondary interaction

Question 2

Colostrum

Answer 2

First milk a mammalian mother produces, high in antibodies due to the baby not being able to produce antibodies

Question 3

Natural passive immunity

Answer 3

First few days of birth when a baby will have high levels of immunity. Lasts until it begins to produce its own antibodies

Question 4

Artificial passive immunity

Answer 4

Antibodies formed in one individual are extracted then injected into the blood stream of another individual

Question 5

Artificial active immunity

Answer 5

Immune system is made to create its own antibodies in reaction to a damaged or dead version of an antigen (vaccine)

Question 6

Epidemic

Answer 6

When a communicable disease spreads rapidly to a lot of people at a local or national level

Question 7

Pandemic

Answer 7

When a communicable disease spreads rapidly across a number of countries or continents

Question 8

Penicillin

Answer 8

First safe antibiotic. Originates from penicillium, a mould.

Question 9

Pharmacogenomics

Answer 9

Science of including knowledge of drug actions with genetic material

Question 10

Selective toxicity

Answer 10

Where antibiotics interfere with bacterial metabolism without affecting human cell metabolism