Lesson 4 Immune responce part 1

Question 1

Which microbe is single celled?

Answer 1

Bacteria

Question 2

Which microbe is the simplest?

Answer 2

Viruses

Question 3

abouy 10,000 bacteria is on how much of our body?

Answer 3

1 square inch

Question 4

What are hidden or latent viruses?

Answer 4

Viurses that hang around in the body for a while . Illnesses can be delayed for weeks, months or years

Question 5

What happens when you get infected by an ACTIVE virus?

Answer 5

You get sick fast

Question 6

What are characteristics of viruses?

Answer 6

1. Microscopic
2. Nonliving
3. Invade and reproduce inside a host

Question 7

What part of the virus has to enter the cell inorder for it to take over?

Answer 7

The head of the virus

Question 8

What are chartceristics of bacteria?

Answer 8

1. Single celled
2. Lack membrane bound nuclei
3. Bound my a cell wall\
4. Only have DNA
5. Living

Question 9

What are ways bacteria are classified?

Answer 9

1. Gram staining
2. Shape (spherical, rod) (Included in name of the illeness)
3. Form of respiration (aerobic or anaerobic)

Question 10

How fast can bacteria multiply?

Answer 10

2-3 times per hour (about every 20 minutes)

Question 11

What does bacteria need to stay alive?

Answer 11

1. Food
2. Air
3. Space

Question 12

What is antibiotic resistance?

Answer 12

When mutations occure. Examples are Staph and MRSA (Super bug)

Question 13

What are nosocomical infections?

Answer 13

Foun din health care facilitys

Question 14

What are vector mediated infections?

Answer 14

Infection that requires contact with a vector. (malaria from a mosquito bite)

Question 15

What are non mediated infections?

Answer 15

Infections spread from person to person

Question 16

2 main body defences are?

Answer 16

1. Innate (nonspecific)
2. Adaptive (specific) - Contact with a pathogen for the scond time

Question 17

What is Innate responces?

Answer 17

1. First line of defence that provides a barrier to invading organisms (Skin mucous membranes)
2. Second line of defence that leads to cellular and chemical defences (inflammatory, fever)

Question 18

What are adative responces? (Cell mediated and Humoral)

Answer 18

1. Involves specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy foreign invaders.
2. Are able to prevent disease in the future by remembering what those substances look like.

Question 19

Moucous membranes act as a?

Answer 19

Sticky trap that prevents things from entering the body

Question 20

What are the types of antimicrobial proteins and their function?

Answer 20

1. Interferon - Virus warning system
2. Complement system - Perforates (stabs), flags and stimulates WBC

Question 21

What are cell mediated responces?

Answer 21

The activation of T-Lympocytes (Killer cells) to attack foreign substances

Question 22

What are Humoral responces?

Answer 22

B-Lymphocytes produce anti-bodies that attach to foreign substances and marks them for destruction

Question 23

What are harmful immunse responces examples?

Answer 23

1. Autoimmunity
2. Hypersensitivity (rashes, blisters)
3. Shock (Hypotension, organ failure)

Question 24

What fever tempature of 104F and over can cause?

Answer 24

1. Cell death
2. Brain damage

Question 25

What is the main symptom of mononucleosis?

Answer 25

Fatigue
Sever soar throat
Enlarged tonsils
swollen lymph nodes
fever

Question 26

What are characteristics of a systemic reaction

Answer 26

Wide spread itching
Swelling of eyes and mouth
Difficulty breathing

Question 27

Systemic reaction tretment is?

Answer 27

Antihistamine

Question 28

During an allergic raction what is released that starts the inflammatory responce?

Answer 28

Histamine