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Chapter 18 Vocabulary/Main Ideas Flashcards

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Explain how germs are spread?

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Direct contact(actually touching it.),indirect contact (touching a contaminated object or sharing items),contact with animals or insects,contact with contaminated food and water.

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Name some causes of communicable diseases?

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Bacteria,viruses,fungi,Protozoa.practicing good cleanliness(hygiene).

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Describe how to protect yourself against pathogens?

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  • Wash your hands
  • good personal hygiene
  • Eat nutritious food
  • physical activity (60 minutes a day)
  • 9 hours of sleep a night
  • clean wounds
  • keep your environment clean (house,room)
  • keeping hands away from eyes,mouth & nose
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Name the body’s first line of defense against pathogens?

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  • Skin
  • stomach acid
  • saliva
  • tears
  • mucous membranes
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Describe how the immune system functions?

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  • nonspecific immune response (FIRST)
  • inflammation (swelling,pain,heat,& redness) (paper cuts)
  • interferon:protein
  • specific immune response (SECOND)
  • customized to attack pathogens (memory bank)
  • it is faster than the first one
    - Lymphatic system
  • secondary system that helps fight pathogens (back up system)
  • maintains fluid balance
  • lymphocytes:white blood cells (2 types:T cells and B cells)
  • T cells:is located in thymus gland (attacks pathogens from the outside)
  • B cells:formed in bone marrow (inside bones) (attacks pathogens from inside)
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Explain how antibodies protect the body (antibodies & antigens)?

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Antigens:released by pathogens (BAD GUYS)
Antibodies:fight pathogens (GOOD GUYS)
-2 types of T cells:killer cells
-helper cells (make more B cells
How to keep healthy?
-vaccines:are dead or weekend pathogen.

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Explain what causes colds and how they can be treated?

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-direct contact or indirect contact

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Identify some common communicable diseases?

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Mononucleosis,Hepatitis,strep throat,pneumonia,tuberculosis,chicken pox,measles,mumps,and whooping cough.

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Describe the symptoms of some common communicable diseases?

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Chicken pox-itchy rash,fever,and muscles aches.
Pneumonia-high fever,chest pain,and cough
Rubella-swollen lymph nodes,rash,and cough
Measles-fever,runny nose,cough,and rash
Mumps-fever,headache,swollen areas in neck and under jaw
Whooping cough-fever,runny nose,dry cough (with a whooping sound)
Tuberculosis-fever,fatigue,weight loss,coughing blood

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Identify common STDs and the problem they cause?

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Chlamydia,genital herpes,genital warts,trichomoniasis,gonorrhea,syphilis,PID,HIV/AIDS

Chlamydia-is a bacterial STD that may affect the reproductive organs,urethra,and anus.

Genital herpes-is a viral STD that produces painful blisters,on the genital area.

Genital warts-Are growths or bumps in the genital area caused by certain types of human papilloma virus.

Trichomoniasis-is an STD caused by the protozoan Trichomonas vaginails.

Gonorrhea-is a bacterial STD that affects the mucous membranes of the body,particularly in the genital area.

Syphilis-is a bacterial STD that can affect many parts of the body.

PID-is a general infection of the female reproductive organs.

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State how to protect yourself from a STD?

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Abstinence or a condom.

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Explain why abstinence until marriage is the best way to avoid getting an STD?

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Your body is matured.there is a less like of a chance of getting it because nether of you will have had sexually relationship before.

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Define HIV and AIDS?

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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)-is a virus that causes AIDS.

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)-is a deadly disease that interferes with the body’s natural ability to fight infection.

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Explain how people become infected with HIV and develop AIDS?

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When the HIV virus attack the T cells,it replaces the cells genetic information with its own and the multiplies.As more T cells are taken over,the immune system becomes weaker.The body can no longer fight off the pathogens that a healthy immune system would destroy.

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Describe how to avoid getting HIV and AIDS.

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Practicing abstinence,avoid drugs and alcohol,and avoid sharing needles.

Practicing abstinence-it is not contagious.

Avoid drugs and alcohol-it can impair your ability to make healthful decisions.

Avoid sharing needles-Needles can carry HIV into your bloodstream.This includes needles that are used for tattoos or body piercings.

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Is any condition that with the proper functioning of the body or mind.

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Disease

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Is a disease that can be passed to a person from another person,animal,or object.

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Communicable disease

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Is a disease-causing organisms that are so small they can only b seen through a microscope.

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Pathogens

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Is a condition that occurs when pathogens enter the body,multiply,and cause harm.

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Infection

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Is the smallest pathogen

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Viruses

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Is a tiny one-celled organism

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Bacteria

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Are organism that are more complex than bacteria but cannot make their own food.

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Fungi

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Are one-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria.

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Protozoa

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Is an organism,such as an insect,that transmits pathogens

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Vector

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Or cleanliness

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Hygiene

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Is a combination of body defenses made up of the cells,tissues,and organs that fight off pathogens and disease.

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Immune system

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Is your body’s ability to resist the germs that cause a particular disease.

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Immunity

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Is the body’s response to injury or disease,resulting in a condition of swelling,pain,heat,redness.

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Inflammation

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Is a secondary circulatory system that helps the body to fight pathogens and maintains its fluid balance.

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Lymphatic system

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The white blood cells in the lymphatic system.

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Lymphocytes

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Is any substance released by invading pathogens.

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Antigen

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Are the proteins that attach to antigens,keeping them from harming the body.

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Antibodies

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Is a preparation of dead or weekend pathogens that cause the immune system to produce antibodies

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Vaccine

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Is the length of time that a particular disease can be spread from person to person.

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Contagious period

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is a viral disease characterized by a severe sore throat and swelling of the throat and swelling of the lymph glands in the neck and around the throat area.

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Mononucleosis

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Is a viral disease of the liver characterized by yellowing of the skin and the eyes.

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Hepatitis

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Is a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.

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Tuberculosis

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Is a serious inflammation of the lungs.

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Pneumonia

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Is a sore throat caused by streptococcal bacteria.

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Strep throat

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Are infections that are spread from person to person through sexual contact.

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Sexually transmitted disease

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Is a virus that causes AIDS

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HIV

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Is a deadly disease that interferes with the body’s natural ability to fight off infection.

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AIDS

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Is an infection that rarely occurs in a healthy person.

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Opportunistic infection

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Is a person who appears healthy but is infected with HIV and can pass it to others.

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Carrier

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