Disease transmission review

Which of the following causes diseases?

• Pathogens

• Poor Environment

• Genetics

• All of the above

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles
• get rid of waste from the body
• protect the body from pathogens
• move blood through the body

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What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?

• Anti inflammatory
• Antigens
• Antiseptic
• Antibodies

Pathogens are recognized by their...

• antigens
• antibodies
• killer t-cells
• B-cells

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The picture below illustrates one internal part of the body’s immune system. What process is illustrated in the picture?  

• a skin cell destroying germs.
• inflammation near an opened wound
• a white blood cell destroying pathogens
• mucus in the lungs destroying pathogens

Cells that ingest pathogens are

• plasma cells
• phagocytic cells
• helper T cells
• antibodies

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__________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.

• passive
• active
• cell mediated
• false

Y shaped proteins that may mark pathogens for destruction are

• antigens
• T cells
• antibodies
• neutrophils

Antibiotics do not work on 

• bacteria
• viruses
• fungi
• children

The typical response of the human body to an infection by bacteria is to

• stimulate the production of antigens

• decrease the number of enzymes in the blood

• ignore the organisms, unless they are pathogens

• produce white blood cells and antibodies