Question |
Answer |
Is used to group and name all living organisms |
Classification System |
These consist of types A, B, AB, and O |
Blood Types |
Creatures that are too small to be seen with the Human eye |
Microbs |
Also known as Hanson's disease; affects the nervous system |
Leprosy |
The idea that all living things are made of cells that can reproduce |
Cell Theory |
Single-Celled organisms that have a nucleus (eukaryotic) |
Protists |
Bacteria that are not killed by antibiotics and continue to reproduce |
Resistant |
Means to isolate a person to prevent a disease from spreading |
Quarantine |
A medicine used to treat diseases caused by bacteria |
Antibiotic |
People who have a germ that cause a disease but do not show the disease |
Carriers |
Is used to prevent people from getting viral illnesses |
Vaccine |
Microbe that is not living, but can live inside another cell and reproduce |
Viruses |
The body's defense against disease or any foreign substance |
Immune System |
A breakdown in the structure or function in a living organism |
Disease |
A scientist who traces the spread of a disease through a population |
Epidemiologist |
New disease that have not been observed before |
Emerging Diseases |
A bacterial disease that was carried by rats and spread by fleas |
Bubonic Plague |
An organism (not a person) that spreads a disease without getting the disease |
Vector |
Singled-Celled organisms that do not have a nucleus (prokaryotic) |
Bacteria |
A disease that can be passed from one person to another |
Infectuous |
Tiny structures inside cells that do certain jobs |
Organells |
Said that all plants are made up of cells |
Schleiden |
Said that cells arise from other living cells |
Virchow |
Said that washing hands could prevent spread of childbed fever |
Semmelweiss |
The idea that diseases were caused by microbes that could be spread |
Germ Theory of Disease |
This separates the cell from its environment and controls what enters and leaves |
Cell Membrane |
Was the first person to see cells in cork under a microscope and named them cells |
Robert Hooke |
The jelly-like material that fills the inside of cells |
Cytoplasm |
Discovered that heating could kill microbes in food; gave us the Germ Theory |
Louis Pasteur |
Said that all animals are made of cells |
Schwann |
Identified the microbe could cause Anthrax |
Robert Koch |
These absorb light for photosynthesis in plant cells |
Chloroplasts |
Organelles that produce energy in the cell |
Mitochondria |
A nurse who suggested that cleanliness would prevent spread of disease |
F. Nightingale |
The control center of the cell that contains the genetic material |
Nucleus |
Used chemicals to clean surgical instruments to prevent disease |
J. Lister |
Was the first person to observe and record microbes |
Leeuwenhoek |
First person to wear rubber gloves in surgery to prevent disease spread |
W. Halsted |