Medicine And Microbes Flashcards
Name the three microbes
Bactria,fungi,viruses
The smallest microbe there is
Virus
What are mushrooms made out of
They are made out of many fungi cells
How can diseases spread
They can spread by food, touch, air, water, animals and sex
What microbe is considered not living
A virus
What is the different name for bacteria
Bacterium
What can’t a virus do that the others can
Viruses can only reproduce inside a cell the others don’t have to
What defends the body of microbes
The immune system does by eating them
What are the natural barriers inside the body
The acid inside the stomach, sticky mucus in our lungs, the skin stops them from getting in, scabs form when you get a cut helping to stop the other microbes from getting in and tears contains substance that kills microbes.
What happens when you catch an illness
When you catch a disease your body starts to create a certain anti body for the whippet cells to help destroy the desease then once it has been defeated most of the white blood cells die out but many of them stay
What happens when you catch the same disease again
The white blood cells that has been created that have stayed from the same disease that you caught once will be destroyed a lot quicker and sometimes don’t have enough time to create the disease so this is called immune
What does antibiotics do
Antibiotics are used by doctors when you are ill which kills the bacteria or stops them from reproducing
What can’t antibiotics do
They can’t harm viruses they only harm bacteria and fungi.
Who solved the problem of bad wine
Louis pasture
What was the name of the new theory
Germ theory
