Chapter 17 Vocabulary Test

Question 1

Infectious disease

Answer 1

any disease that is caused by an agent that can pass from one living thing to another

Question 2

Contagious disease

Answer 2

disease that can be passed directly from one person to another

Question 3

Epidemic

Answer 3

widespread occurrence of an disease

Question 4

Cholera

Answer 4

bacterial disease that spreads through contaminated water

Question 5

Bacteria

Answer 5

very small, single-celled organisms that are found almost everywhere

Question 6

Antibiotic

Answer 6

drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria

Question 7

Virus

Answer 7

extremely small particle that consists of an outer shell and genetic material

Question 8

Immune system

Answer 8

made up of organs and special cells that fight infection

Question 9

Cilia

Answer 9

tiny hairs that keep germs out of the lungs

Question 10

Immune response

Answer 10

reaction of the body to a germ that has gotten in

Question 11

Macrophages

Answer 11

cells that engulf the cells that have been infected by virus

Question 12

T cell

Answer 12

help destroy virus infected cells

Question 13

B cell

Answer 13

produce antibodies

Question 14

Immunity

Answer 14

when your body remembers how to fight a disease that it’s already had

Question 15

Streptococcus

Answer 15

bacterium that causes strep throat

Question 16

Mycobacteria

Answer 16

family of bacteria which cause the bacterial infection tuberculosis

Question 17

Sinuses

Answer 17

open areas in your skull that are located behind your face and above your mouth

Question 18

Sinusitis

Answer 18

condition in which the sinuses become infected with bacteria

Question 19

Influenza

Answer 19

a group of virus which can cause the flu

Question 20

Vaccine

Answer 20

substance that is used to keep a person from getting a disease

Question 21

Epstein-Barr virus

Answer 21

virus that causes mononucleosis

Question 22

Sexually transmitted diseases

Answer 22

contagious infections that are spread from person to person by sexual contact

Question 23

Sexual abstinence

Answer 23

the deliberate choice to refrain from all sexual activity

Question 24

AIDS

Answer 24

serious viral disease that destroys the body’s immune system

Question 25

HIV

Answer 25

virus that causes AIDS

Question 26

Incubation period

Answer 26

the time between when HIV enters the body to when symptoms appear

Question 27

Opportunistic infection

Answer 27

infection that happens only in people whose immune systems are not working very well

Question 28

Combination therapy

Answer 28

combination of several drug used to treat AIDS