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Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases. disease. A ____________ is a condition that affects the normal functioning of the body. noninfectious. ______________ - a disease that is not spread from one living organism to another. c ancer, heart disease, arthritis. Examples : ____________________________.

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Infectious Diseases

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  1. Infectious Diseases

  2. disease • A ____________ is a condition that affects the normal functioning of the body. noninfectious ______________ - a disease that is not spread from one living organism toanother cancer, heart disease, arthritis Examples: ____________________________ infectious ______________ - a disease that is spread from one living organism to another Examples: _________________________________ Yellow fever, common cold, chicken pox

  3. pathogen ______________: a disease-causing microorganism

  4. How are pathogens spread?

  5. through the air __________________: pathogens are spread when a person coughs or sneezes

  6. __________________: a sick person touches an object that is then touched by another person Contaminated object

  7. __________________: spread by direct contact between people person to person

  8. __________________: spread from an animal to a person such as by a tick bite animals

  9. __________________: people can eat or drink contaminated food or water food and water

  10. What are some preventions we can use?

  11. pasteurization __________________: using heat to kill microorganisms

  12. pertussis polio __________________: a substance that allows your body to develop resistance or immunity to a disease BrainPop- Flu Vaccine vaccine Hepatitis B tetanus Diphtheria

  13. __________________: a substance that kills or slows the growth of bacteria BrainPop- Antibiotic Resistance antibiotics

  14. How does your body defend itself from diseases?

  15. eyes and mouth __________________: have special enzymes or chemicals that destroy the pathogen nose __________________: pathogens are washed down the back of the neck by mucus and then digested in the stomach fever __________________: a moderate fever can slow the growth of pathogens and activate the cells of the immune system

  16. skin dead ________: - outermost layer is _______so pathogens don’t have a cell to infect - pathogens fall off when the dead skins cells fall off - skin also secretes _____that kill many pathogens oils

  17. immune system __________________: a collection of cells, tissues and organs that work together to fight off pathogens BrainPop-Immune System

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