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Grade 5 Medical Terms
A disease that happens when plaque blocks the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart is called                       .
  1. coronary heart disease
  2. hemophilia
  3. leukemia
  4. cardiovascular disease
Grade 5 Medical Terms
What is a pathogen?
  1. a disease that spreads from person to person.
  2. a disease of the lungs.
  3. a living thing or virus that causes disease.
  4. simple organisms that consist of one or more cells.
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Athlete's foot is an example of what type of infection?
  1. Bacterial
  2. Worms
  3. Viral
  4. Fungal
Grade 5 Medical Terms
"Pathogen" is the word scientists use for                .
  1. Cuts
  2. Germs
  3. Insects
  4. Bruises
Grade 5 Medical Terms
If a muscle is not used, it will become weak and shrink. What is this called?
  1. Alignment
  2. Autotrophs
  3. Atrophy
  4. Unequal muscles
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Which one is worse a minor injury or a major injury?               major injury               
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Immunizations are when doctors inject some of a disease into you to keep you healthy.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Medical Terms
What is the eating disorder in which a person cannot control eating and eats excessive amounts. A person with this disorder cannot resist the urge to eat when they see food. What is the eating disorder?
  1. Deprivation Eating
  2. Binge Eating
  3. Personal Eating
  4. Pressure Eating
Grade 5 Medical Terms
The word          sexual          is another way of saying that you are male or female. This is also call          gender         
Grade 5 Medical Terms
When a person decided to take medication without a doctor's advice.
  1. tolerance
  2. self-medication
  3. drug dependence
  4. dosage
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Acute diseases only last a         short         time, but chronic diseases last a        long        time.
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Over-the-counter medications can be purchased without a prescription.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Medical Terms
The correct amount of a medication to take.
  1. inhalants
  2. dosage
  3. refuse
  4. drug dependence
Grade 5 Medical Terms
A localized infection is restricted to one area.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Adaptive immunity is the defenses that your body has all of the time that work to keep bad things from entering and harming your body.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Medical Terms
What is a "systemic infection"?
Grade 5 Medical Terms
           medicine            A drug that prevents, treats, or cures a health problem.
Grade 5 Medical Terms
Deciding on your own what medicine to take without a doctor's help is called drug dependence.
  1. True
  2. False