Healthy Living Flashcards
(39 cards)
What does MMR stand for?
Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
How fast does bacteria multiply?
Very quickly and rapidly
What is in cigarettes to make them addictive?
Nicotine
Name the bodies defences
blood, stomach, eyes, skin and lungs
How do pathogens get into our body?
By food and water, insect bites, airborne droplets, direct and indirect contact.
Why do people become ill?
Pathogens entering the body and multiplying and effect your body in a bad way.
How long does it take to make a vaccine?
12 years
How many ways are there to destroy pathogens?
3, blood cell engulfing pathogen, blood cell producing antibodies against a pathogen and white blood cell producing antitoxin against toxin
What chemical in cigarettes affects your lungs?
Tar
How do our eyes act as part of the body’s defence?
Eyes produce tears which produce a natural antiseptic
Name the main organ effected by alcohol?
Liver
What does a vaccines do?
A vaccine makes a person immune to a certain pathogen as it know how to fight it.
Where does glucose get absorbed?
In the small intestine
What does carbon monoxide do to your blood?
It causes your red blood cells to carry less oxygen to your heart.
How do fungi multiply?
by spreading spores
How does a bacterium multiply?
Binary fission; the DNA in the cell doubles; the cell splits and two independent cells
How many steps are there in drug production?
There are 7 steps
What do the coronary arteries do?
They carry blood to the heart muscle
Smoking damages your coronary arteries. In what way?
It causes blood clots, it causes the vein to narrow and also be surrounded by fat
What does immune mean?
It means you can no longer get that certain disease as your white blood cells kow how to fight it because of vacciations.
What carries glucose from the intestine to other parts of the body?
The blood stream
Why do we need to chew our food and mix it with saliva?
to ensure it is able to get down our oesophagus properly and is easy to digest.
complete this sentence:
When a person is vaccinated, white blood cells produce _________ which kill micro-organisms.
anti-bodies
If you drink too much alcohol which organ will it effect?
it will effect your liver
