Disease and Immunity

fact recall questions on disease and immunty

(sorry if the answers were obvious and for the typing mistakes)

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1. Give three factors that increases the risk of developing cancer. For each one, state which type of cancer it increases the risk of

  • smoking- heart cancer/ drinking- stomach cancer/ poor diet -throat cancer
  • smoking- lung cancer/ excessive alcohol- liver cancer/ excessive exposure to sunlight- skin cancer
  • smoking- liver cancer/ exposure to sunlight- eye cancer/ drinking kidney cancer
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2. what is a pathogen?

  • an infection that causes disease
  • a microorganism that causes disease
  • a single celled organism that is too small to be seen without a microscope.

3. Give two ways that pathogens cause disease

  • by bursting the cells and ingesting it
  • by producing toxins and by damaging the host cell
  • by producing chemicals and entering the cells

4. Give three factors that increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease.

  • lots of exercise, sunlight and drinking.
  • poor diet, smoking and lack of exercise
  • small alchohol intake,smoking and lack of sleep

5. Describe how the gas-exchange system prevents the entry of pathogens into the body.

  • Pathogens are trapped by mucus lining the lung epithelium. The cilia on these cells beat and move the mucus up to the mouth so it can be removed.
  • the pathogens are removed by cillia on the lungs lining and sneezed out through the nose.
  • the pathogens are killed in the lungs by white blood cells and removed by coughing or sneezing

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