B6 - Preventing And Treating Disease

Question 1

Every cell has unique proteins on its surface called ________.

Answer 1

Antigens.

Question 2

Your ______ system recognises if there are different ________.

Answer 2

Immune…Antigens…

Question 3

White _____ cells can make specific __________ which join up with Antigens to destroy a Pathogen.

Answer 3

Blood…Antibodies…

Question 4

Some White Blood Cells can remember which ________ they have destroyed.

Answer 4

Pathogen.

Question 5

If your _____ Blood Cells remember the Pathogen then you become ______ from the disease.

Answer 5

White…Immune…

Question 6

You can be protected from serious diseases through ___________ (or immunisation).

Answer 6

Vaccination.

Question 7

For immunisation, you will receive a _______ which has a dead form of the disease inside, so your body can produce Antibodies which fight the Pathogen.

Answer 7

Vaccine.

Question 8

Examples of Bacterial Diseases:

Answer 8

Tetanus, Diphtheria.

Question 9

Examples of Viral Diseases:

Answer 9

Polio, Measles.

Question 10

If a large proportion of the population is immune to a disease, the spread of the ________ is reduced. Known as ____ Immunity.

Answer 10

Pathogen…Herd…

Question 11

Examples of useful painkillers:

Answer 11

Aspirin, Paracetamol.

Question 12

Painkillers have NO EFFECT on _______. They do not destroy _________.

Answer 12

Viruses…Pathogens…

Question 13

Antiseptics and Disinfectants kill ________ outside the body, but are too harmful to be used inside the ____.

Answer 13

Bacteria…Body…

Question 14

Antibiotics are medicines that work to kill bacterial _________.

Answer 14

Pathogens.

Question 15

Antibiotics work by killing the ________ that causes the disease inside your body.

Answer 15

Bacteria.

Question 16

Example of an Antibiotic:

Answer 16

Penicillin.

Question 17

Specific ________ should be treated with the specific __________ that is effective against them.

Answer 17

Bacteria…Antibiotic…

Question 18

Antibiotics CANNOT kill viral _________ so they have NO EFFECT on diseases caused by a _____.

Answer 18

Pathogens…Virus…

Question 19

Viruses _________ inside cells so it is difficult to develop drugs to kill them.

Answer 19

Reproduce.

Question 20

Traditional commonly used Drugs are extracted from ______.

Answer 20

Plants.

Question 21

Who discovered Penicillin?

Answer 21

Alexander Fleming.

Question 22

Scientists use plants or ______________ to extract __________ which can produce medicines.

Answer 22

Microorganisms…Chemicals…

Question 23

Most new drugs are synthesised by ________ in the pharmacy industry.

Answer 23

Chemists.

Question 24

A good medicine is:

Answer 24

Effective, Safe, Stable and Successful.

Question 25

Bringing a medicine into the doctor’s _______ could cost up to £1.7 Billion!

Answer 25

Surgery.

Question 26

New medical drugs are tested for:

Answer 26

Efficacy, Toxicity and Dosage.

Question 27

New drugs are tested in the lab using:

Answer 27

Cells, Tissues and Live Animals.

Question 28

What is it called when the testing of new drugs takes place in a lab using Cells, Tissues and Animals?

Answer 28

Preclinical Testing.

Question 29

What is it called when Doctors use healthy volunteers to test drugs?

Answer 29

Clinical Trialling.

Question 30

What are double blind trials?

Answer 30

Where a group of patients with a disease are given the real medicine and fake medicine (Placebo).