Chapter 12
Across
- 3. common viral infection that spreads through kissing or by sharing certain objects; also known as mono and the kissing disease
- 5. medical emergency in which blood flow to part of the brain is interrupted, injuring or killing brain cells
- 6. viral infection of the respiratory system; also known as the flu
- 8. food safety practices that maintain the safety of food you handle and eat; includes refrigerating and freezing certain foods, cooking meat thoroughly, and washing vegetables and fruits
- 10. medical emergency in which flow of blood to the heart is restricted, causing the heart to beat irregularly and inefficiently
- 11. substance that contains a dead or nontoxic part of a pathogen that is injected into a person to train that person's immune system to eliminate the live pathogen
- 13. substances that target and kill pathogenic bacteria
- 18. disease resulting from the body’s inability to regulate glucose; commonly known as diabetes
- 19. medical conditions that cannot be spread among living things and objects, but develop as a result of heredity, environment, and lifestyle factors; also known as noninfectious diseases
- 20. complex disease that typically involves an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
Down
- 1. condition someone can develop after coming into contact with living things or objects infected with the disease; also called infectious disease
- 2. way a disease gets from one organism or object to another; may be direct or indirect
- 4. viral or bacterial infection that causes inflammation of part of the eye; also known as pinkeye
- 7. practice of covering your mouth and nose with a tissue while coughing or sneezing, or sneezing into your sleeve
- 9. bacterial or viral infection that affects the tonsils
- 12. contagious respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus; named a pandemic in January 2020
- 14. mass of abnormal cells
- 15. condition that results in inflammation of the joints, causing pain and stiffness
- 16. disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack and damage healthy body tissues
- 17. microorganisms that cause communicable diseases