Start Describes a disease that can be spread from

Pathogen person to person

Infectious The three types of microorganisms

A physical barrier to infection that prevents MOs from entering

Viruses, Bacteria
the body. Also produces substances that make it difficult for
and Fungi MOs to grow.

Skin Kills microorganisms in the stomach

The general term for blood cells that help your

Stomach Acid
body fight infections

White blood cells The type of white blood cell that engulfs bacteria

The type of white blood cell that makes

Phagocyte
antibodies

The collective name for the parts of the body

Lymphocyte
that fight infections

Immune system Chemicals that ill bacteria and fungi

Made by lymphocytes these stick onto

Antibiotics
microorganisms causing them to clump together
 Chemical marker on the outside of a MO. These
Antibodies
are different shapes depending on the MO

When you do not get a disease because you body already

Antigens contains white blood cells that make the correct shape
antibodies you are said to be __________.

When part of an MO or an inactive MO is given

Immune
to make you immune to a disease

A bacteria or fungi that has mutated and can

Vaccination
longer be destroyed by an antibiotic

A general term for a microorganism that can

Antibiotic resistant
make us ill
 A general term for microorganisms that can
Pathogen
make us ill

Describes a disease that can be spread

Infectious
from person to person

Viruses, Bacteria and

The three types of microorganisms
Fungi

A physical barrier to infection that prevents MOs from

Skin entering the body. Also produces substances that make
it difficult for MOs to grow.

Stomach Acid Kills microorganisms in the stomach

The general term for blood cells that help

White blood cells
your body fight infections

The type of white blood cell that engulfs

Phagocyte
bacteria

The type of white blood cell that makes

Lymphocyte
antibodies

The collective name for the parts of the

Immune system
body that fight infections

Antibiotics Chemicals that ill bacteria and fungi

 Made by lymphocytes these stick
Antibodies onto microorganisms causing
them to clump together
Chemical marker on the outside
Antigens of a MO. These are different
shape depending on the MO
When you do not get a disease because
you body already contains white blood
Immune cells that make the correct shape
antibodies

When part of an MO or an
Vaccination inactive MO is given to make you
immune to a disease
A bacteria or fungi that has
Antibiotic resistant mutated and can longer be
destroyed by an antibiotic