Diseases

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  • What name is given to microorganisms that cause disease?
    Pathogens
  • What do bacteria release that make us feel ill?
    Toxins
  • What types of pathogen cause measles?
    Virus
  • Which type of microorganisms cause gonorrhoea?
    Bacteria
  • What type of medicine can be used to treat gonorrhoea?
    Antibiotics
  • Which type of blood cell does the HIV virus attack?
    White blood cells
  • Name the disease that causes a ‘mosaic’ pattern of discolouration.
    Tobacco Mosaic Virus
  • What is the disease that HIV develops into?
    AIDS
  • What disease begins with a flu like illness and progresses to attack the immune cells if it isn’t controlled?
    AIDS
  • How is the measles virus spread?
    Contact with saliva or mucus
  • What does TMV stand for?
    Tobacco Mosaic Virus
  • They are very small but they are not cells. They can only reproduce inside cells of other organism. What are they?
    Viruses
  • What system in the body is affected by HIV/AIDS?
    Immune system
  • Viruses, bacteria, fungi and protists can cause disease. Because of this, they are examples of what?
    Pathogens
  • Salmonella food poisoning is spread by bacteria that are ingested in food.
  • Name the bacterial disease with symptoms of a thick green or yellow discharge from the genitals and pain when urinating.
    Gonorrhoea
  • What type of pathogen causes malaria?
    Protist
  • When a plant has TMV, its leaves are discoloured in a ‘mosaic‘ pattern. This slows the growth of the plant because it prevents what process from happening?
    Photosynthesis
  • Rose black spot is a fungal disease in which purple black spots develop on the leaves of a plant.
  • what are the two methods of spreading rose black spot?
    Water and Wind
  • A pathogen will reproduce in order to increase its numbers.
  • White blood cells help to defend against infection by producing antitoxins and by ingesting pathogens. They also produce antibodies that help defend against the infection.
  • What word is used to describe injecting a small amount of an inactivated pathogen into the body to stimulate immunity?
    Vaccination
  • Name the substance found in the trachea that traps dust and pathogens and stops them from entering the lungs.
    Mucus
  • What is the function of the cilia found in the cells of the trachea?
    To move mucus
  • The trachea and bronchi secrete mucus which traps pathogens.
  • What do white blood cells produce to help defend against pathogens?
    antibodies and antitoxins
  • What is the name of the process where a white blood cell engulfs a pathogen?
    Phagocytosis
  • Drugs need to be tested to make sure they are effective and safe.
  • Drugs need to be tested for efficacy, dosage and toxicity.
  • What term is used to describe a substance given in clinical trials that does not contain the drug?
    Placebo
  • What is the name of the microorganism that is used to produce penicillin?
    Penicillium
  • What type of organism is penicillium?
    Fungus
  • Which type of microorganism produces the antibiotic penicillin?
    Fungus
  • What plant is the drug digitalis derived from?
    Foxglove
  • What plant is the drug aspirin derived from?
    Willow tree
  • What plant is the drug penicillin derived from?
    Penicillium mould
  • Who discovered penicillin?
    Alexander Fleming
  • As well as patients, who will be given the drug in clinical trials?
    Healthy volunteers
  • What is health?
    A state of physical and mental wellbeing.