ECU Health 1000 Test 2 Study Guide | Health & Wellness Review, Key Concepts & Practice
Questions
When it comes to your health and well-being, it is best to be ___________________ instead of
______________ - ANS ✔✔proactive, reactive
Health is not merely the ____________ of disease of infirmity but a state of complete
___________, _________, and ______________ well being - ANS ✔✔absence, physical, mental,
social
Define infectious communicable disease - ANS ✔✔diseases caused by pathogens that can be
spread from person to person
The ______________ are the greatest source of infectious disease transmission - ANS ✔✔hands
What are the six links in the "chain of infection?" - ANS ✔✔1. pathogen
2. reservoir
3. portal of exit
4. means of transmission
5. portal of entry
6. new host
______________, disease-causing agents, are everywhere. We inhale them, swallow them, rub
them in our eyes, and are constantly in a hidden, high-stakes battle with them - ANS
✔✔pathogens
Historically, infectious diseases have wiped out whole groups of people through
_________________ such as the Black Death, or bubonic plague, which killed up to one-third of
, the population of Europe in the 1300s __________________, or global epidemics, continue to
cause premature death throughout the world - ANS ✔✔epidemics, pandemics
The more easily pathogens can gain a foothold in the body and sustain themselves, the more
______________ they may be in causing disease - ANS ✔✔violent or agressive
Too much __________, inadequate ___________, a low-________________ level, lack of
___________, misuse or abuse of _____________, poor personal _________, and high-risk
___________ significantly increase the risk for many diseases - ANS ✔✔stress, nutrition, fitness,
sleep, drugs, hygiene, behavior
To gain entry into your body, pathogens must overcome _______________ that prevent them
from entering your body, mechanisms that _________ organisms, and substances that
________ the threat that these organisms pose - ANS ✔✔barriers, weaken, counteract
Your body's first line of defense and one of the most critical barriers between you and an
infectious agent is your ___________ - ANS ✔✔skin
Any substance capable of triggering an immune response—a virus, a bacterium, a fungus, a
parasite, a toxin, or a tissue or cell from another organism—is called an ________________ -
ANS ✔✔antigen
When invaded by antigens, the body forms substances called __________ that mark them for
destruction - ANS ✔✔antibodies
Improper use and overuse of antibiotics can lead to _________ and the development of "super
bugs" - ANS ✔✔resistance
Once people have survived certain infectious diseases, they will likely not develop them again,
thanks to __________________ cells - ANS ✔✔immunity (t and c cells)
Questions
When it comes to your health and well-being, it is best to be ___________________ instead of
______________ - ANS ✔✔proactive, reactive
Health is not merely the ____________ of disease of infirmity but a state of complete
___________, _________, and ______________ well being - ANS ✔✔absence, physical, mental,
social
Define infectious communicable disease - ANS ✔✔diseases caused by pathogens that can be
spread from person to person
The ______________ are the greatest source of infectious disease transmission - ANS ✔✔hands
What are the six links in the "chain of infection?" - ANS ✔✔1. pathogen
2. reservoir
3. portal of exit
4. means of transmission
5. portal of entry
6. new host
______________, disease-causing agents, are everywhere. We inhale them, swallow them, rub
them in our eyes, and are constantly in a hidden, high-stakes battle with them - ANS
✔✔pathogens
Historically, infectious diseases have wiped out whole groups of people through
_________________ such as the Black Death, or bubonic plague, which killed up to one-third of
, the population of Europe in the 1300s __________________, or global epidemics, continue to
cause premature death throughout the world - ANS ✔✔epidemics, pandemics
The more easily pathogens can gain a foothold in the body and sustain themselves, the more
______________ they may be in causing disease - ANS ✔✔violent or agressive
Too much __________, inadequate ___________, a low-________________ level, lack of
___________, misuse or abuse of _____________, poor personal _________, and high-risk
___________ significantly increase the risk for many diseases - ANS ✔✔stress, nutrition, fitness,
sleep, drugs, hygiene, behavior
To gain entry into your body, pathogens must overcome _______________ that prevent them
from entering your body, mechanisms that _________ organisms, and substances that
________ the threat that these organisms pose - ANS ✔✔barriers, weaken, counteract
Your body's first line of defense and one of the most critical barriers between you and an
infectious agent is your ___________ - ANS ✔✔skin
Any substance capable of triggering an immune response—a virus, a bacterium, a fungus, a
parasite, a toxin, or a tissue or cell from another organism—is called an ________________ -
ANS ✔✔antigen
When invaded by antigens, the body forms substances called __________ that mark them for
destruction - ANS ✔✔antibodies
Improper use and overuse of antibiotics can lead to _________ and the development of "super
bugs" - ANS ✔✔resistance
Once people have survived certain infectious diseases, they will likely not develop them again,
thanks to __________________ cells - ANS ✔✔immunity (t and c cells)
