Unit 5 Glossary Quiz

Viruses are best described as:

• the body's response to injury or disease, resulting in a condition of swelling, pain, heat, and redness.

• cleanliness.

• a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.

• simple one-celled organisms.

Strep Throat is:

• cleanliness.

• a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.

• a sore throat caused by streptococcal bacteria.

• a disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.

The immune system is:

• a combination of body defenses made up of the cells, tissues, and organs that fight pathogens in the body.

• a disease of the joints marked by painful swelling and stiffness.

• a disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.

• any condition that interferes with the normal or proper functioning of the body or mind.

Tuberculosis is:

• a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.

• simple one-celled organisms.

• a serious inflammation of the lungs.

• organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope.

Germs are:

• simple one-celled organisms.

• organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope.

• the smallest and simplest pathogens.

• a disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.

Influenza is:

• a communicable disease characterized by fever, chills, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, and respiratory symptoms.

• a serious inflammation of the lungs.

• any condition that interferes with the normal or proper functioning of the body or mind.

• a disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.

Pneumonia is:

• a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.

• a serious inflammation of the lungs.

• any condition that interferes with the normal or proper functioning of the body or mind.

• organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope.

Disease is:

• any condition that interferes with the normal or proper functioning of the body or mind.

• organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope.

• the smallest and simplest pathogens.

• a disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.

Infection occurs when:

Inflammation is:

• the body's response to injury or disease, resulting in a condition of swelling, pain, heat, and redness.

• a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.

• a serious inflammation of the lungs.

• a disease of the joints marked by painful swelling and stiffness.