VOCAB Flashcardizz: Body Systems & Disease (U4)

Front

What are single-celled, living organisms that have no nucleus?

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Bacteria

Front

What type of cell doesn’t have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles?

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Prokaryotic

Front

What term describes a disease that is able to be spread; contagious?

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Communicable

Front

What is the response when the body encounters a pathogen, allowing it to recognize and fight it more quickly in the future?

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Adaptive immunity

Front

What is an antigen?

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A foreign substance that acts as a signaling molecule to induce an immune response in the body.

Front

What type of immunity is present at birth and does not require prior exposure to a pathogen?

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Innate immunity

Front

What are proteins that “remember” specific antigens?

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Antibodies

Front

What is the term for a disease-causing agent or organism?

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Pathogen

Front

What type of cell contains a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles?

Back

Eukaryotic

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What is the difference between communicable and noncommunicable diseases?

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Communicable diseases can be spread from person to person, while noncommunicable diseases cannot.