PLTW Test 2

 Invaders that can make us sick.

• Agents

• Blood pressure

• Respiratory rate

• Heart rate

Medical professionals use all kinds of medical terms to describe what’s happening in the body.

• True

• False

Excess mucus and secretions in the air passages of the nose.

• Nasal congestion

• Lesion

• Glands

• Tonsils

Part of an area on the body that has suffered damage through injury or disease.

• Lesion

• Glands

• Wheezing

• Nasal congestion

Lymph nodes in the neck that are small, bean-shaped organs that help the body recognize and fight germs, infections, and other foreign substances.

• Glands

• Lesion

• Wheezing

• Tonsils

Lymph nodes located in the back of the throat.

• Tonsils

• Glands

• Nasal congestion

• Wheezing

Sneezing is a high-pitched whistling sound during breathing. It occurs when air moves through narrowed breathing tubes in the lung.

• True, it's sneezing.

• False, it's wheezing.

Unfortunately, we all get sick at some point in our lives. Colds, the flu, and stomach bugs are all caused by tiny invaders that take hold inside our bodies.

• True

• False

They are often referred to as macroorganisms because of their tiny size.

• True

• False

Germs can grow and multiply quickly.

• True

• False