1. The Immune System

2. Organisms that cause disease are called what?
An ___________________ is a disease that can pass from one organism to another.
PATHOGENS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE

3. What are the five main groups of human pathogens?
BACTERIA,
VIRUSES,
FUNGI,
MOLD &
PROTISTS

4. How Diseases Are Spread Some of the more common sources include what?
PERSON-TO-PERSON TRANSFER,
CONTAMINATED OBJECTS,
ANIMAL BITES & PATHOGENS FROM THE ENVIRNOMENT

5. There are two kinds: active & passive.
What is the body’s ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease?
IMMUNITY
There are two kinds: active & passive.

6. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, (SWELLING)
What are some ways the body acts in helping fight off infection?
SKIN ACTS AS A BARRIER,
FEVER,
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, (SWELLING)
SWEATING,
WHITE BLOOD CELLS &
THE NATURAL KILL CELLS

7. Immunity that occurs when a person’s own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presence of pathogen is called what?
ACTIVE IMMUNITY
This is done naturally within the body & usually involves white blood cells.

8. Immunity in which the antibodies that fight a pathogen come from another organism or source such as an antibiotic or vaccination rather than from the person’s own body is called what?
PASSIVE IMMUNITY

9. Sometimes called an immunization; it is the process by which harmless antigens are deliberately introduced into a person’s body to produce active immunity is what?
VACCINATION

10. The substance used in a vaccination is called __________; it usually consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed, but can still trigger the immune system to go into action.
VACCINE
POLIO, MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (GERMAN MEASLES) & PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE GET VACCINATED FOR AT AN EARLY AGE.

11. Non-Infectious Disease
Examples of Diseases
Infectious Disease
Non-Infectious Disease
Disease
Pathogen
colds
virus
cancer
AIDS
diabetes
strep throat
bacteria
heart-disease
chicken pox
allergy