LATG CH 13 Agents of Disease

Question 1

Disease

Answer 1

is an altered physiological state in which the normal function of a tissue, organ, or body system has been impaired. cause by toxins,
trauma,
cancer,
the degeneration of body systems, or by
infectious organisms

Question 2

BActerium

Answer 2

One-celled organism with no nucleus or organelles

Question 3

Gram positive

Answer 3

external cell wall stained purple/blue

Question 4

Gram negative

Answer 4

Thin internal cell wall stains pink

Question 5

bacterial shapes

Answer 5

cocci, bacilli, spiral

Question 6

c. piliforme

Answer 6

tyzzers disease- severe enteritis

Question 7

DNA viruses

Answer 7

Pox, parvo, herpes

Question 8

RNA viruses

Answer 8

orthomyxo flu & paramyxo (measles), corona SARS and Mouse hepatitis virus, arboviruses west nile

Question 9

mycosis

Answer 9

fungi

Question 10

helminths

Answer 10

wormlike parasites

Question 11

Trematodes

Answer 11

flukes; liver fluke fasciola hepatica

have oral suckers, flat and have larval forms that hatch in water

Question 12

Cestodes

Answer 12

flatworms (tapeworms Dipylidium caninum)flat; can cause liver cysts in rats

Question 13

nematodes

Answer 13

roundworms; hookworms, whipworms, filaria (heart worm dirofilaria immitis dont produce eggs

Question 14

acanthocephalids

Answer 14

thorny-headed worms

Question 15

hirudineans

Answer 15

leeches

Question 16

protozoa

Answer 16

Flagellates, ciliates, apicomplexans and amoebas; two stages- cyst and trophozoite

Question 17

amoebas

Answer 17

pseudopods-extension to move, entamoeba histolytica- dysentery

Question 18

flagellates

Answer 18

flagella to move within GI tract (trichomonas/giardia)

trypanosoma brucei

Question 19

ciliates

Answer 19

Balantidium coli

Question 20

apicomplexan

Answer 20

spores conical shapes

toxoplasma gondii

Question 21

Acariasis

Answer 21

mites and tick infestation

Question 22

Acariasis

Answer 22

mites and tick infestation

Question 23

Pentastomes

Answer 23

aka tongue-worms;

Question 24

pediculosis

Answer 24

Lice infestation

Question 25

Sarcoptes scabiei

Answer 25

scabies mite

Question 26

fur mites in mice

Answer 26

Radfordia affinis; Myobia musculi; Mycoptes musculinis; psorergates simplex fur mites in mice

Question 27

hydatid cyst

Answer 27

Fluid-filled cyst containing tapeworm larvae in the host’s liver or other organs

Question 28

chytidiomycosis in frogs

Answer 28

cutaneous mycosis can affect a frog's ability to regulate oxygen

Question 29

vibrios

Answer 29

curved rods waterborne bacterium; cholera and GI issues septicemia

Question 30

pseudoloma neurophilia

Answer 30

fungal infection in zebrafish

Question 31

Which of the following fungi are microsporidia that cause lethargy, tremors, and partial paralysis in rabbits

Answer 31

Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Question 32

Ascarid

Answer 32

nematode toxocara canis