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33 Cards in this Set
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What is passive immunity? |
When antibodies are not produced by the body |
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Inflammatory response |
Non-specific immune response to a foreign (releasing histamine, blood flow increases) |
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Viruses |
Non-living patheogens that infect cells |
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Bacteria |
Single celled organisms that can cause illness |
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Non-infectious disease |
non-contagious disease (cancer, diabeties, being a Lion's Fan) |
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Infectious disease |
Contagious disease (cold, flu, HIV) |
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What is the first defense against patheogens? |
Integumentary system, respiratory system, digestive system (anything that prevents patheogens) |
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Ventricle |
Lower chamber of the heart; chamber of which blood leaves heart |
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How are cold spread? |
The cold has to enter the body |
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T-cells |
Mature in the thymus; immune system cells; detect foreign substances |
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B-cells |
Mature in the bone marrow; produce antibodies; memory B cells= immunity |
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Immunity |
Resistance to disease |
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Active immunity |
When you produce your own antibodies |
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Antibiotic |
Blocks bacteria from reproducing; not effective against viruses |
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What are ways you cen recover from a cold? |
Rest (allows immune cells to defeat cold viruses; OJ |
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Pacemaker |
Maintains heart beat via electric signals |
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Capillaries |
Connects arteries and veins; teeny tiny |
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Toxins |
Poisons; things that can kill cells |
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Vaccination |
Small amount of weakened virus |
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Blood pressure |
Force of blood outward on vessels |
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Fibrin |
Protein that helps clotting and scab formation |
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Red blood cells |
Carry oxygen and carbon dioxide; they have blood typing markers |
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What do marker molecules do for your blood |
Identify blood type |
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Function of white blood cells |
Fight diseases |
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What component of blood is 90% water |
Plasma |
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What is happening when pulse rate increases? |
Heart pumps faster |
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What keeps your blood from flowing backwards? |
Valves |
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Platelets |
Blood cells that help clotting |
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Lymph nodes |
Part of the lymphatic system that filters out pathogens |
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What is the outer portion of the skin? |
Epidermis |
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What is the inner layer of the skin? |
Dermis (fatty tissue) |
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What happens to your skin when exposed to too much sun |
sunburn (1st degree burn) |
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What is the function of oil and sweat glands? |
Sweat=cool off, oil= flexibility and helps fight pathogens |
