Chapter 12 Flashcards

(52 cards)

1
Q

Who discovered microorganisms?

A

Anton van Leeuwenhook

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2
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3 functions of microorganisms

A

Affect daily life
Help fight disease
Used to grow hormones

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3
Q

Any condition that interferes with the normal functioning of the body

A

Disease

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4
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Microscopic living creature

A

Microbe

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5
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Any organism which causes disease

A

Pathogen

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6
Q

Causes by pathogen

A

Infectious disease

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7
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NOT caused by pathogen

A

Noninfectious disease

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8
Q

Communicable

A

Contagious

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9
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Noncomminicable

A

Not contagious

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10
Q

Short lasting, severe

A

Acute

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11
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Long lasting, not as severe

A

Chronic

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12
Q

3 degenerative diseases

A

Cardiovascular disease
Arteriosclerosis
Osteoporosis

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13
Q

Arteries slowly hardening

A

Arteriosclerosis

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14
Q

Weakening of bones

A

Osteoporosis

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15
Q

Immunological diseases

A

Immune system is defective

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16
Q

Most common immunological disease

A

Allergies

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17
Q

Allergies

A

Immune system overreacts

Produced histamines

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18
Q

Autoimmune diseases

A

Body attacks itself

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19
Q

An autoimmune disease?

A

Rheumatoid arthritis

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20
Q

Hormonal diseases are caused when

A

Endocrine system malfunctions

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21
Q

Most common hormonal disease

A

Diabetes mellitus

22
Q

Shows up at birth

23
Q

Physical disorder caused by mind

A

Psychosomatic disease

24
Q

Malnutrition disease

25
Uncontrolled growth of cells
Cancer
26
Causes of cancer
Hereditary genetic defects Poor eating habits Smoking or drug abuse Viruses
27
Benign can become
Malignant
28
Membrane bound nucleus
Eukaryotic | Bacterial cell
29
No membrane bound nucleus Nucleoid and plasmids Cell wall Capsule
Prokaryotic | Bacterial cell
30
Bacterial cells
Eukaryotic | Prokaryotic
31
Peptidoglycan
Prokaryotic cell wall
32
Protective outer layer for Prokaryotic
Capsule
33
The function of the capsule
Protective outer layer for Prokaryotic
34
Round bacteria
Cocci
35
Rod shaped bacteria
Bacilli
36
Spiral shaped bacteria
Spirilla
37
Staphylococcus aureus
Cause staph infection
38
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Causes pneumonia
39
Streptococcus pyogenes
Causes strep throat
40
Mycobacterium
Leprosy and tuberculosis
41
Food poisoning
Escherichia coli -- E. coli
42
Lyme disease
Spirilla
43
"Self-feeder"
Autotrophic
44
"Other feeder"
Heterotrophic
45
One cell splits into two cells
Binary fission
46
Unfavorable conditions for bacteria reproduction
Death | Endospore formation
47
Aerobic
Need oxygen
48
Anaerobic
No oxygen
49
Reproductive parasite Different reproduction Feed on host cell's components
Rickettsiae
50
Every infectious disease is caused by a specific germ
Germ concept of disease | Louis Pasteur
51
Structure of a virus
Genetic material and a capsule
52
Replication of a virus
"Reproductive parasite"