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UNIT 4 APEX HEALTH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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UNIT 4 APEX HEALTH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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UNIT 4 APEX HEALTHPathogen - ANSWERS-living or nonliving entity that causes disease
Bacteria - ANSWERS-tiny-single celled organisms, type of pathogen
Few bacteria can cause disease by infecting tissues, feeding on our cells and
producing poisons
Can be killed by antibiotics
Ex- Staphylococcus aureus-infect the skin
Viruses - ANSWERS-nonliving structures consisting of genetic material surrounded
by a protein coat
Invade cells in order to reproduce and survive (type of pathogen)
Can be killed by immune system or antiviral drugs
Cannot be killed by antibiotics
Ex-cold
Fungi - ANSWERS-Include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
few are pathogens
Often result from imbalances in the bacteria normally colonize our bodies and
prevent fungi from gaining foothold
Ex- Candida Albicans (yeast) and athlete's foot
, Chronic disease - ANSWERS-diseases that persist for a long time
Communicable Disease - ANSWERS-Can be transferred from one individual to
another, happens through direct or indirect contact or through a third organism
Non-communicable disease - ANSWERS-not caused by infectious agents
Examples of communicable diseases - ANSWERS-flu (influenza), cold, STDs (AIDs,
human papilloma virus (HPV), gonorrhea syphilis, genital herpes, chlamydia),
diseases from animals (lyme caught from ticks, West Nile Virus caught from
mosquitos bites), bacterial infections, childhood diseases (measles, chicken pox,
whooping cough (pertussis), mumps)
Protists and worms - ANSWERS-protist- single-celled microorganisms
Ex- malaria, giardia and amoebic dysentery
Parasitic worms include tapeworms, nematodes, flukes and flatworms
Common ones- hookworm, schistosomiasis and intestinal tapeworms
Vaccine - ANSWERS-substance that activates your immune system against a
specific disease to protect you when you encounter the pathogen
Malaria - ANSWERS-transmitted by mosquitoes, disease is caused by a protist
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