Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________
Period: ______
MedMyst- Medical Mysteries
You need to go to www.medmyst.rice.edu
Click “for students”; then “series 1/ original”; then “Mission 1: Orientation at O.R.B.”; then “PLAY”
What is a pathogen? _________________________________________________________________
ENEMY AGENTS:
1. Helminths- Kingdom ___________________; examples- _____________________________
2. Protozoans- Kingdom ___________________; examples- _____________________________
3. Fungus- Kingdom ___________________; examples- _____________________________
4. Bacerium- Kingdom ___________________; examples- _____________________________
5. Virus- made of _____________________; examples- _____________________________
6. Prion- made of ___________________; examples- _____________________________
List 4 diseases you are confident in what they do, and define them
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List 4 diseases you are unfamiliar with. Look them up on the internet and briefly describe what they do:
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KOCH’S CONCEPTS
What’s wrong with the oranges?
What did Robert Koch do in 1890?
List Koch’s Postulates
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GERM BLASTER
For each agent of disease, list the treatments and what each treatment does:
1. Helminths2. Protozoans3. Fungus4. Bacterium5. Virus6. Prion-
INFECT-O-RAMA
For each agent of disease, list modes of transmission:
1. Helminths2. Protozoans3. Fungus4. Bacerium5. Virus6. PrionDefine the Types of Transmission:
1. Direct Contact2. Indirect Contact3. Foodborne4. Waterborne5. Airborne6. Animal Vectors-
BODY DEFENDER
What is the body’s first line of defense?
What is the body’s second line of defense?
What is the difference between the nonspecific and specific defense?
Non-specificSpecificHow do you develop immunity?