Topic:Anatomy Name:Gabi Perez

Objective: Date:10/5/17

Class/Period: 4

Essential Question:

Questions/ Vocab, etc. Notes

What is lung cancer?

Pathogenic Animals
Large complex multicellular organisms
Parasitize or otherwise damage human tissues or organs

Major Groups of Pathogenic Animals

Nematodes roundworms
Platyhelminthsflatworms and flukes
Arthropodsthese are often vectors of disease
Parasitic mites, ticks, lice, fleas
How is the zika virus spread?
Biting or stinging wasps , bees, mosquitoes, spiders
Checkpoint: How do bacteria cause disease? Get inside of you, secrete toxins, take
over healthy cells, make you ill

What are protozoa and how do they cause disease? Large one celled organisms they
can infest human fluids and destroy cells

What are the major groups of pathogenic animals? Nematodes, platyhelminths, and
arthropods

Mechanisms of transmission
Person-to- person contact
o Can be prevented by education
o Can be prevented by using aseptic technique
Environmental contact
o Can be prevented by avoiding contact
o Can be prevented by safe sanitiation practiced
What is type 1 diabetes?

Mechanisms of transmission
Opportunistic invasion
Can be prevented by avoiding changes in skin and
mucous membranes
Can be prevented by cleansing of wounds
 Transmission by a vector
Can be prevented by reducing the population of vectors
and reducing contact with vectors
Vaccination stimulates immunity
How can you take insulin? Chemicalsdestroy or inhibit pathogens
Antibiotics natural compounds derived from living organisms
Synthetic compounds (for example, ACV and AZT)
Checkpoint: How does a disease spread? Person- to person contact by
vectors and others

How is an antibiotic drug different from an antiviral drug? Antibiotic kill

bacteria antiviral limit symptoms of virus

Why are new antibiotics often needed in the treatment of bacterial disease?
Bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotic

Summary:
Each student had to research a disease that meant something to them. I choose brain cancer because of
my relationship with it. My grandpa was diagnosed with it in 2013. Many other students choose cancer,
diabetes, and other viruses.