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Immune, Endocrine, and Nervous System Flashcards

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Bacteria

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Unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls

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Viruses

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Particles of nucleic acid, poison, and in some cases lipids that can reproduce only by infecting living cells

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3 types of bacteria

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Bacilli (rod-shaped)
Cocci (spherical)
Spirilla (spiral)

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Capsid

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A virus’s outer protein coat that enables a virus to bind to the surface of a cell and “trick” the cell into allowing it inside

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Bacteriophage

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Viruses that infect bacteria

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Lytic infection

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A virus enters a cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to burst

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Lysogenic infection

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A virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the host cell’s DNA

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Pathogens

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Disease-causing agents such as bacteria and viruses

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Toxins

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Poisons that produce illness by disrupting bodily functions

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Vectors

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Animals that carry disease-causing organisms from person to person

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Antibiotics

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Compounds that kill bacteria

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Penicillin

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First antibiotic discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, it is a fungus

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Epidemiology

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The science that evaluates the occurrence, determinants, distribution, and control of health and disease in a human population

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John Snow

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First epidemiologist from Great Britian
Discovered the cholera breakout in London

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Cholera

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Bacterial infection of the intestines that causes diarrhea

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Lyme disease

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Caused by bacteria transmitted by a tick

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Black death

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Bacteria was transmitted from rats to human by the bite of an infected flea, and it killed 60% of Europe’s total population in the 14th century

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Typhoid fever

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Caused by salmonella enteric which colonize the small intestine and spread to the blood, liver, and gallbladder

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Tetanus

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The spores of bacteria cause tetanus
Found in soil, dust, and feces of farm animals and humans
Shoes enter skin wounds and release neurotoxins, which result in uncontrolled simulation of skeletal muscles

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Tuberculosis

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One-third of the world’s human population is infected
Cause by bacteria
Direct cause of death of over half of all AIDS patients

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AIDS

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Caused by a virus called HIV
Spread only by contact with infected blood of other bodily fluids

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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Hungarian doctor that discovered childbed fever was a deadly bacterial infection caused by doctors not washing their hands after working on cadavers

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Inflammatory response

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Defense reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection
Blood vessels near the wound expand and white blood cells enter the infected tissue

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Phagocytes

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White blood cells that engulf and destroy bacteria

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Immune response
The body's specific defenses that attack pathogens
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Antigen
Substance that triggers the immune response On the surface of cells and viruses Ex. Carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids choosing the surface of viruses or bacteria
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B lymphocytes
White blood cells that produce antibodies
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Antibody
Protein that helps destroy pathogens Has two antigen-binding sites Antibodies bind to antigens on the surface of bacteria and viruses Antibodies can combine with antigens and cause them to clump together Cover toxic parts of antigen molecules and neutralize their effects
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Permanent immunity
Condition in which people who have survived exposure to a disease never develops it again
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Cowpox
First vaccine that was developed Prevented smallpox
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Vaccination
Injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce immunity
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Active immunity
Immunity produced by a vaccine Body produces is own antibodies in response to an antigen
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Passive immunity
Lasts only a short time because the body destroys borrowed antibodies
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Autoimmune disease
When the immune system makes a mistake and attacks the body's own cells
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SARS-CoV-2 structure
Virus composed of RNA and anthems called spike proteins
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Herd immunity
Occurs when a large portion of a community because immune to a disease
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Explain how mRNA vaccines work
Vaccine will use mRNA to make spike proteins from SARS-CoV-2 on the surface of some of your cells and triggers immune system to make antibodies
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Endocrine: two pyramid-shaped glands the sit on top of the kidneys and help the body prepare for and deal with stress by releasing epinephrine into the blood
Adrenal glands
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Endocrine: produces insulin and glucagon Located behind the stomach
Pancreas
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Endocrine: regulates blood calcium levels by secreting PTH into the blood when calcium levels are low in the blood
Parathyroid glands
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Endocrine: wraps around the trachea and controls the body's metabolism
Thyroid gland
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Endocrine: secrets the hormones oxytocin, growth hormone, and MSH
Pituitary gland
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Endocrine: chemicals that travel through the bloodstream
Hormones
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Endocrine: thyroid gland produces too little thyroxine
Hypothyroidism
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Endocrine: located in the brain and controls the secretions of the pituitary gland Regulates heart rate, body temperature, water and electrolyte balance Control of hunger and body weight
Hypothalamus
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Endocrine: thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine
Hyperthyroidism
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Endocrine: release their hormones directly into the bloodstream
Endocrine glands
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Endocrine: cells that have receptors for a particular hormone
Target cells
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Endocrine: secrets the hormone melatonin
Pineal gland
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Endocrine: hormone that stimulates contractions of the uterus during labor
Oxytocin
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Endocrine: hormone that stimulates the liver to break down fats and release sugar into the bloodstream
Glucagon
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Endocrine: hormone that stimulates muscle and liver cells to remove sugar from the blood and store it as fat
Insulin
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Stimulus
Any change in the environment
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Response
What your body does in reaction to a stimulus
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Neurons
Cells that carry information through your nervous system Specialized to react to physical and chemical changes in their surroundings and sends impulses
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Nerve impulses
Wave of action potentials that travel dorm an axon Electrochemical message that a neutron carries
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Myelin
Fatty material that forms sheathlike covering around some nerve fibers
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Sensory neuron
Transmits nerve impulses from sensory receptors into the brain or spinal cord Converts stimuli from the environment into a nerve impulse
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Intemeuron
Connects sensory and motor neurons and carries impulses between them
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Motor neuron
Transmits nerve impulses from brain or spinal cord or to muscle or gland
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Effector
Muscle or gland that responds to simulation by motor neuron and produces reflex or behavioral action
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Synapse
Area where one neuron can transfer an impulse to another neuron
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Neurotransmitters
Chemicals released from neurons that carry a nerve impulse across the synaptic cleft
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Acetylcholine
Neurotransmitter that stimulates skeletal muscle contractions
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Central nervous system
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
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Peripheral nervous system
All the nerves located outside of the central nervous system
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Withdrawal reflex
Skin receptors are activated and send sensory impulses to the spinal cord through sensory neurons and muscle contracts in response
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Spinal cord
Thick column of nervous tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system
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Somatic nervous system
Controls voluntry actions
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Autonomuc nervouse system
controls involuntary actions
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Reflex
Automatic response that happens automatically without conscious control
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Sympathetic division
Prepares the body for energy-expending, stressful, or emergency situations
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Parasympathetic division
Most active under ordinary, restful conditions
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Cerebrum
Largest part of the brain and controls movement, senses, speech, and thought
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Cerebellum
Coordinates the actions of your muscles and helps you keep your balance
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Brain stem
Lies between the cerebellum and spinal cord, controls involuntary actions
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Diencephalon
Located between the cerebral hemispheres and above the midbrain
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Reflex arc
Nerve pathway that forms the structural and functional basis for a reflex
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When there is a nerve impulse (action potential), is it negative or positive inside the cell?
Positive

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