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Unit 1 Biology
Unit 1 Biology
and illness
direct air
(person to
person) drinking and
eating
touching animals
3. Body’s defences
• External defenses: they are barriers that act first to
prevent the pathogenic agents from entering our
bodies. They are non-specific (not specific for a
certain disease).
cancer
congenital traumatic
injuries
malnutrition
malfunction
diseases
of any organ
or system
mental
metabolic
disorders
diseases
parasitic?
metabolic
diseases