Chapter 5- Micro

Question 1

Infectious Disease

Answer 1

AIDS, disease that can be spread easily.

Question 2

Degenerative Disease

Answer 2

Break down ( osteoporosis)

Question 3

Nutritional Disorder

Answer 3

Vitamin C(stermy ), vitamin D (rickets

Question 4

Metabolic disorders-

Answer 4

Diabetes ( disruption of cellular metabolism.)

Question 5

Immune disorders-

Answer 5

Allergies, Rheumatoid arthritis, MS

Question 6

Neoplasms

Answer 6

New growth (cancer)

Question 7

Causes of Disease

Answer 7

Age, heredity, gender, living condition and lifestyle, physical and chemical damage, pre-existing illness, emotional disturbance.

Question 8

Etiology

Answer 8

Study of cause of disease

Question 9

Epidimology

Answer 9

Study of diseases statistics

Question 10

Incidence-

Answer 10

Number of new cases in a given region at a certain time divided by the number of total population

Question 11

Prevalence

Answer 11

The overall frequency of a disease in a given group.

Question 12

Pathogens-

Answer 12

any disease causing a microorganism

Question 13

Infection-

Answer 13

invasion of the body by microorganisms which results in an illness.

Question 14

Microbiome (normal flora)

Answer 14

Contributes to health; combats infections, it moves and prevents the growth of harmful organism.

Question 15

Endospores

Answer 15

Resistant from of bacteria

Question 16

Flagella

Answer 16

Thread like appendage used to swim quickly

Question 17

Pili

Answer 17

Short flagella like that helps bacteria glide along a solid surface

Question 18

Cocci

Answer 18

Round/ ball shape

Question 19

Dipplococci

Answer 19

A pair of cocci

Question 20

Streptococci

Answer 20

Chain like cocci

Question 21

Staphylococci

Answer 21

Cluster cocci

Question 22

Bacilli

Answer 22

Straight flender rod

Question 23

Viruses

Answer 23

Infectious agents that can multiply within living cells.
Contains protein and nucleic acid
Obligated intracellular parasites

Question 24

Prions

Answer 24

Infectious particles thats only made out of protein. (Madcow)

Question 25

Fungi

Answer 25

Causes a myotic infection. Yeast: Thrush Molds: fuzzy multi-cellular

Question 26

Protozoa

Answer 26

Single cell animal. | Animal like.

Question 27

Amebas

Answer 27

Travel by extending itself

Question 28

Ciliates

Answer 28

Uses cilia that waves to move the organism.

Question 29

Flagellates

Answer 29

Uses flagella to move.

Question 30

Apicomplexans

Answer 30

They don’t move.

Question 31

Parasitic worms

Answer 31

Helminths. Species of worms and parasites with human hosts.

Question 32

Ascaris

Answer 32

Most common and can be diagnose with stool examination

Question 33

Pinworms

Answer 33

Common in children and it lands in the large intestine.

Question 34

Hookworms

Answer 34

Live in the small intestine and it causes sever blood dificiency.

Question 35

Filariae

Answer 35

Transmitted by lice or mosquitos and can clog the lympathic system.

Question 36

Tapeworms

Answer 36

Ribbon like worms grow in the intestinal tract and typically spread by undercooked meat.

Question 37

Flukes

Answer 37

Leaf shape worm that invaded various parts of the body

Question 38

Parasitic anthropods

Answer 38

Nice, spiders, insects.

Question 39

Vectors

Answer 39

Feed on blood (animal that transmits a disease)

Question 40

Infestations

Answer 40

Headlice, scabies.

Question 41

Contributing factors for infectious disease

Answer 41

Increased population, disruption of habitats, increased travel, medical treatment and increased survival.

Question 42

Microbes and public health

Answer 42

Sewage and garbage disposal, water purification, prevention of food contamination, milk pasteurization.

Question 43

Antibiotics

Answer 43

Substance that are produced by living cells that have the power to kill the growth of bacteria, antivirals.

Question 44

Antimicrobial agents

Answer 44

Antibiotics, disadvantages, pathogenic resistance, destruction of normal flora, nosocomial infection.

Question 45

Antivirals

Answer 45

Difficult to develop and there’s always research being done.

Question 46

Collection of specimens

Answer 46

Bacteria isolations and test Staining- gram positive- blueish purple: negative reddish Molecular methods of microbe identification Protein analysis Polymerase chain reaction

Question 47

Opportunistic

Answer 47

Term for an infection that takes hold in a weakened host.

Question 48

Portal of entry

Answer 48

The avenue by which a microorganism invaded the body.