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Health Chapter 18 Flashcards

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A disease that be passed to a person from another person, animal, or object

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Communicable disease

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Any condition that interferes with the proper function of the body and mind

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Disease

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Disease-causing organisms that are so small they can only be seen with a microscope

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Pathogens

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A condition that occurs when pathogens enter your body, multiply, and cause harm

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Infection

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The smallest pathogen

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Virus

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Tiny one-celled organisms

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Bacteria

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Organisms that are more complex than bacteria but cannot make their own food

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Fungi

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One-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria

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Protozoa

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An organism such as an insect that transmits pathogens

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Vector

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Cleanliness

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Hygiene

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A combination of your body defenses made up of cells, tissue, and organs that fight off pathogens

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Immune system

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Your body’s ability to resist the germs that cause a particular disease

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Immunity

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The body’s response to injury or disease, resulting in swelling, pain, heat, and redness

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Inflammation

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Secondary circulatory system that helps the body fight pathogens

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Lymphatic system

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White blood cels in the lymphatic system

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Lymphocytes

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Substance released by an invading pathogen

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Antigen

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Proteins that attach to the antigens keeping them from harming the body

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Antibodies

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A perpetration of dead or weakened pathogens that cause the immune system to produce antibodies

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Vaccine

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

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Mononucleosis

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Viral disease of the liver characterized by yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes

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Hepatitis

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A bacterial disease that usually effects the lungs

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Tuberculosis

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Serious inflammation of the lungs

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Pueumonia

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A sore throat caused by streptococcal bacteria

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Strep throat

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Infections that are spread from person to person through sexual contact

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STDs

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A virus that causes AIDs

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HIV

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A deadly disease that interferes with the body’s natural ability too fight infection

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AIDS

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An infection that does nearly occurs in healthy people

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Opportunist infection

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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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