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18 Cards in this Set
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pathogen
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any organism that causes any disease
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infectious disease
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a disease transfered from one organism to another
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pasteurization
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a heating process used today to kill micro organisms like milk
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phagocyte
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white blood cell that destroys a pathagine
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T-cell
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it recognizes marker molicules called antagines and if it is a pathagine it tells the B-cell
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B-cell
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produces chemicals that distroys the pathagine the chemical that is produced is called an antibody
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antigen
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a marker milicule that is found in each pathagine that identifys the pathagine
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active immunity
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when an indivituals immun system produces antibody to kill pathagines
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passive immunity
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when you recievean antibody from outside your body ex: vaccination
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vaccine
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a group of pathagines that have been weeked and have been placed in your body to activate your immune system
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vaccination
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the process by which harmless antigenes are dilibertly introduced in the body to produce active immunity
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antibiotic
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a chemical that kills bacteria slows doen its growth and doesn't harm your cells
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noninfectious disease
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NOT contachious
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allergen
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any substance that causes an allergy
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allergy
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disorder of the immune system where by the immune system is over sensative to a foreign substance
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asthma
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a respitory disorder in which the breathing passades narrow signifcantly
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insulin
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a chemical produced in the pancrease and it in ables body cells and it takes glucose out of your blood stream and uses it for energy
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diabetes
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produces high levels of glucose in the blood that goes unused because the pancrease doesn't work
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