Circulatory System Respiratory System Excretory System Immune System

Prevent Diseases

How system prevents diseases

• Eat healthy
• Get exercise
• Plenty of rest
• Throw away soiled tissues
• Don’t share food

Vocabulary

• Vaccinations=shot given to provide immunity from a disease
• Antibiotics=substance that can destroy bacteria
• Antibodies=in blood/destroys or weakens bacteria
• Kidneys=clean and filter blood
• Virus=a tiny disease-causing life form consisting of genetic material wrapped inside a capsule of protein
• Bacteria=monerans that feed on dead organic matter or on living things; may cause illness
• Germs=a tiny organism that cause disease and can be seen

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White Blood Cells

Bibliography: Super Immunity for Kids by Leo Galland, M.D. ©1988 The Immune System by Edward Edelson ©2000 The Immune System by Carol Ballard ©2003 Houghton Mifflin Science Discovery Works ©1999

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How it Works

· For a viral infection don’t force food, because eating less boosts the immune response

· Watery fluid, lymph, flows around the body through this network

· White blood cells are produced in the red bone marrow

· Keep your body healthy

Body parts included

· Bone marrow=makes cells that prevent diseases

· Kidney=cleans & filters body

· Antibodies=kill bacteria

· Thymus=station for white blood cells

· Cytokines=messengers say when to call the cells

What system needs to work properly

· Eat healthy

· Get rest

· Exercise

· Keep your body clean

Interesting facts

· Hot water or lemon & honey is good for loosening a dry cough

· By the time you are 18, you have probably had at least 100 runny noses

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Bacteria

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