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Card 6

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Of which bodily system are white blood cells (leukocytes) a part?

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Card 7

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Antibiotics are drugs which kill pathogens, or infective bacteria. True or false?

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Card 8

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Why can antibiotics not be used effectively to combat viruses?

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Card 9

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What is the main reason it is medically beneficial to grow and investigate cultures of microorganisms?

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Card 10

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A seemingly random alteration in the composition of genetic material during its mitotic replication in asexual reproduction is referred to as a...

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Card 11

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Genetic alterations can result in a new forms of pathogens. These new forms may develop into entire strands of antibiotic resistant bacteria through...

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Card 12

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Vaccines contain pathogens. True or false?

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Card 13

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A nationwide contagion is an epidemic. An international contagion is referred to as a...

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Card 14

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Some vaccines may have detrimental, even dangerous side effects. True or false?

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Card 15

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Who discovered penicillin, perhaps the most famous antibiotic?

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