The Immune System and Disease for Potential Doctors Name Biology Westminster High School Mr. Lester 2008OCT07

Task The Learner produces an MS PowerPoint presentation to aid a Potential Doctor in learning about the Immune System and Diseases. Fill in the slides with the appropriate information for the Key Concepts Include written word, pictures, diagrams, graphs, etc. Provide definitions for vocabulary. You may make a basic presentation or an advanced one, depending on your technology skill level. Provide question and answer slides for the Quiz for Potential Doctors. Be sure the last slide of the presentation lists all the addresses of the sites used in putting the presentation together – Works Cited.

Key Concepts What causes disease? How are infectious diseases transmitted? What are the body’s nonspecific defenses against invading pathogens? What are the body’s specific defenses against invading pathogens? What is immunity? What is an autoimmune disease? What is the basic mechanism of cancer? How is cancer treated? What does it mean that diseases are associated with risk factors? What is the difference between prevention and early detection of diseases?

What causes disease?

How are infectious diseases transmitted?

What are the body’s nonspecific defenses against invading pathogens?

What are the body’s specific defenses against invading pathogens?

What is immunity?

What is an autoimmune disease?

What is the basic mechanism of cancer?

How is cancer treated?

What does it mean that diseases are associated with risk factors?

What is the difference between prevention and early detection of diseases?

Vocabulary - Causing Disease disease pathogen germ theory of disease Koch’s postulates

Vocabulary - Causing Disease toxin vector antigen

Vocabulary – Body Responses antibody cell-mediated immunity inflammatory response fever immune response inflammatory response interferon humoral immunity

Vocabulary – Body Responses permanent immunity. active immunity allergy histamine

Vocabulary – Body Responses asthma tumor malignant metastasis

Vocabulary – Medical Responses antibiotic chemotherapy vaccination

Infectious Disease Summary Some diseases are inherited. Others are caused by materials in the environment. Still others are produce by organisms such as bacteria and fungi. Some infectious diseases are spread from one person to another through coughing, sneezing, or physical contact. Other infectious diseases are spread through contaminated water or food. Still other are spread by infected animals.

The Immune System Summary Your body’s most important nonspecific defense is the skin. The inflammatory response is a nonspecific defense reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or disease. Once the body has been exposed to a pathogen, millions of memory B and T cells remain capable of producing specific antibodies to that pathogen.

Immune System Disorders Summary When the immune system makes a mistake and attacks the body’s own cells, it produces an autoimmune disease.

Cancer Summary Cancers begin when something goes wrong with the controls that normally regulate cell growth and division. Treatments for cancer fall into three general categories: surgery, radiation therapy, and drug therapy.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q1. Any change, other than an injury, that disrupts the normal functions of a person’s body is a _____. a. disease b. pathogen c. toxin d. vector

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q2. Disease-causing agents such as viruses, bacteria, and worms are known as _____. a.antibodies b.antigens c.pathogens d.toxins

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q3. The germ theory of disease was established by _____. a.Steere b.Koch c.Hooke d.Salk

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q4. The most important nonspecific defense against pathogens is your _____. a.tears b.mucus c.skin d.saliva

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q5. A nonspecific defense reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection is known as the _____. a.inflammatory response b.active immunity c.cell-mediated immunity d.permanent immunity

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q6. The swelling and pain associated with an inflammatory response are cause by _____. a.secretion of antibodies b.expansion of local blood vessels c.secretion of antigens d.white blood cells destroying bacteria

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q7. A protein that helps other cells resist viral infection is _____. a.interferon b.penicillin c.prednisone d.histamine

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q8. Draw an antibody and label its site (parts)

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q9. A substance that triggers the specific defenses of the immune system is a(n) _____. a.antibody b.antigen c.B cell d.pathogen

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q10. Allergy-causing antigens attach themselves to mast cells that release chemicals known as _____. a.antibodies b.antigens c.histamines d.pathogens

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q11. Describe the germ theory of diseases.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q12. List the five types of pathogens that are responsible for the spread of infectious disease. Give an example of a disease that each specific pathogen may cause.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q13. Describe how antibiotics work.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q14. What is the function of a fever?

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q15. Describe how people acquired immunity to a disease before the development of vaccines.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q16. Distinguish between humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q17. Describe the roles of helper T cells and killer T cells.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q18. Explain why allergies are not classified as autoimmune diseases.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q19. Distinguish between a malignant and a benign tumor.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q20. Describe what is meant by the term metastasis.

Quiz for Potential Doctors Q21. Essay – Select a specific infectious disease and a. explain how the pathogen comes in contact with the body; b. provide a description of the first symptom of the disease and the first defense response of the body. c. provide a description of further symptoms and immune responses as the disease moves to different sites within the body. d. explain the final results of the disease conflict. e. describe any long-term effects on the body from the disease. tuberculosismeasles malaria influenza syphilis rabies tetanus typhoid fever diphtheria peptic ulcer disease black plague Lyme disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever typhus anthrax urinary tract infection whooping cough botulism brucellois acute enteritis tularemia Hansen’s disease Legionnaire’s disease leprosy pneumonia meningitidis gonnorrhoeae ricketts common cold

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