What do you call a pathogen that can be easily transmitted or can be passed on by an infected person?
Infectious
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What kind of animal spreads a communicable disease?
Vector
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What did Alexander Flemming discover that can kill fungi and bacteria but not a virus?
Antibiotic
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What polymer made from sugar can form the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeleton of insects?
Chitin
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What do you call the branching filliments of fungi that spread out?
Hyphae
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What communicable disease attacks red blood cells?
Maliria
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What chemical kills insects?
Insectiside
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What antibacterial enzyme is found in tears and prevents eye infections?
Lysozyomes
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Which timy hair like projections help waft mucus out of the gaseous exchange system?
Cillia
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What is the name of a protine on the surface of a pathogen that your antibodies recognise as foreign?
Antigen
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What protine is produced by the body to neutralize harmful toxins produced by pathogens?
Antitoxin
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What medicine containing an antigen from a pathogen that triggers the low level immune system responce so that if you become infected later, your body can respond more quickly to a pathogen?
Vaccine
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What do you call a substance applied to the skin ro destroy antibodies?
Antiseptic
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What drug stops all pain sensations?
Anaesthetic
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What do you call it whan deciding how efficient a drug is?
Efficacy
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In which medical experiment do docters not know who has been given a drug and who has been given the placebo
Double blind trials
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Which medicine only has psychological effects?
Placebo
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Which type of white blood cell engulfs pathogens?
Phagocyte
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Which type of white blood cell produces pathogens?
Lymphocytes
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Which protine is produced by the immune system to help stop intruders from harming the body?
Antibodies
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What kind of animal spreads a communicable disease?
Back
Vector
Card 3
Front
What did Alexander Flemming discover that can kill fungi and bacteria but not a virus?
Back
Card 4
Front
What polymer made from sugar can form the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeleton of insects?
Back
Card 5
Front
What do you call the branching filliments of fungi that spread out?
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