Science 906 lifepac test study guide

The discoverer of penicillin was _________.

Fleming

An early developer for the microscope was _________.

Leeuwenhoek

The organization established in 1948 to promote international projects in human reproduction and environmental pollution is the __________.

World Health Organization

skin

acidic secretions produce an unfavorable environment

anti-infective

chemical that destroys pathogens in the body

antiseptic

chemical that destroys pathogens outside the body

anti-infectives

chemicals taken internally to destroy microorganisms

Pasteur

developer of antirabies treatment

The category that includes public water supply, waste disposal, and clean air is __________.

environmental health

Salk

first polio vaccine

antiobiotic

foreign substance that builds the body's resistance to disease

species immunity

immunity of man to most pathogens that infest animals

influenza

inoculation does exist

Jenner

inoculation for smallpox

A place in which diagnosis for disease is facilitated is a _________.

laboratory

body openings

mucus, tears, earwax, urine

common cold

preventive inoculation does not exist

antibodies

proteins produced by the body to fight specific pathogens

Roentgen

recipient of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of x-rays

fever

speed action of whit cells; inhibits pathogens

The organization primarily responsible under state law for public health is __________.

state health department

antibiotic

substance produced by bacteria, fungi, or other plants that suppress pathogenic bacteria

Records of birth, deaths, and diseases are called _________.

vital and health statics

fibroblasts

wall of foreign substance in connective tissue

leukocytes

white blood cells that ingest foreign particles