Lesson 12.1 Flashcard - Infectious Diseases

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A single-celled microbe that causes diseases such as strep throat, meningitis, TB, cholera, and staph infection. Can multiply quickly in the body. There are good and bad types of these in the body.

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Bacteria

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Plant-like microbe causing athlete's foot.

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Fungi

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A microbe that lives in or on another organism of another species (its host) and benefits by taking nutrients from the host. Examples include head lice and tapeworms.

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Parasite

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What is an infectious disease?

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A disease that can be spread from person to person

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What is a non-infectious disease?

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A disease that cannot be spread from person to person

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Pathogen

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germs

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An ____________________ disease can also be called a communicable disease.

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infectious

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An organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm is called

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a parasite

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What is one way a pathogen can enter the body?

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Nose, Mouth, Broken Skin

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When pathogenic bacteria invade the body, it might produce harmful substances called toxins.

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True