Health Chapter 6 Review

Pathology

________- the medical discipline that provides diagnostic information to patients and clinicians 5.Acute- a disease that is severe but lasts only a short time or occurs suddenly.

Pathogen

________- organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa and viruses that cause disease.

Vector

________- an animal that transmits an infection 13.Immunity- a condition of resistance to a particular disease or pathogen.

Chronic

________- a disease that lasts for a long time or tends to reoccur often 7.communicable- infectious diseases that can be spread from person to person.

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Non communicable- infectious diseases that can not be spread from person to person 9.bacteria- microscopic single celled organisms 10.Virus- a tiny capsule of genetic information that can reprogram a living cell to create new virus particles instead of the cell's normal products 11.protozoa- microscopic, single celled creatures that ________ animals.

Vaccine

________- a substance that stimulates the immune system into developing an acquired immunity to a particular disease.

Antibodies

________- the most important components of your immune system which act like the "soldiers "of the immune system.

Infectious diseases

________ are caused by pathogens.

Malignant tumors

________ are cancerous and grow uncontrollably.

Blood brain barrier

________- the tightly sealed lining of blood vessels in the central nervous system that prevents most pathogens and harmful substances from entering the brain or cerebral- spinal fluid.

Pathogen

organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa and viruses that cause disease

3.antibodies

the most important components of your immune system which act like the "soldiers" of the immune system

4.Pathology

the medical discipline that provides diagnostic information to patients and clinicians 5.Acute-a disease that is severe but lasts only a short time or occurs suddenly

6.Chronic-a disease that lasts for a long time or tends to reoccur often 7.communicable

infectious diseases that can be spread from person to person

14.Vaccine

a substance that stimulates the immune system into developing an acquired immunity to a particular disease

19.blood-brain barrier

the tightly sealed lining of blood vessels in the central nervous system that prevents most pathogens and harmful substances from entering the brain or cerebral-spinal fluid

heart

cardiologist

skin

dermatologist

blood

hematologist

nerves

neurologist