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What are qualities of a good disinfectant?

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  • Should not destroy body tissues or act as a poison
  • Attacks all types of microorganisms
  • Penetrates material being disinfected
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What is a cold chemical sterilant?

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Glutaraldehyde

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The most powerful means of sterilizing

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Steam under pressure

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Cold temperatures do not kill bacteria but simply slows their metabolic processes (T/F)

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True

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Large one-celled organisms that are eucaryotic

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Protozoa

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The disease that follows the initial disease

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Secondary

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These microorganisms are adaptable either to the presence or the absence of atmospheric oxygen

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Facultative anaerobes

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Bacteria that return nitrogen from the air to the soil in the form of nitrates for use by other plants

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Nitrogen fixing bacteria

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The cycle when the viral genetic material may remain latent or inactive in the cell and be transferred to each daughter cell when it divides

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Lysogenic cycle

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These organisms usually don’t produce disease as a part of their normal life cycle but will do so if given the chance

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Opportunistic pathogens

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Plant cells are:

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Eukaryotic

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In this type of infection the organism is confined to one area, but later enters the blood and / or lymph systems and spreads to other parts to become a systemic infection

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Focal infections

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Microorganisms used in vaccines

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Attenuated

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This division of microbiology is concerned with the spread and control of infectious diseases among animals, and the transmission of diseases from animals to humans

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Veterinary

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In this phase of bacterial growth, cell division equals cell death

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Stationary

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A disease that may be transmitted from one individual to another, either directly or indirectly

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Communicable

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The function of the mitochondria in the eukaryotic cell

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Produce power for the cell by making ATP

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A gram-negative organism will stain:

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Red

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This type of association is harmful to one of the organisms

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Parasitism

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Endospores are not used as a means of survival (T/F)

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False

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A spherically shaped bacteria

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Cocci

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Which of the following is always an obligate intracellular parasite

  • Rickettsia
  • Bacteria
  • Viruses
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  • Richettsia

* Viruses

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The presence of poisons produced by bacteria in the blood

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Septicemia

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Bacteria use sex pili as a means of transferring genetic material (T/F)

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True

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These organisms cannot make their own food
Heterotrophs
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The lowest temperature at which a species will grow
Minimum temperature
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Acts as a disinfectant as well as an antipolymerizing agent for formaldehyde
Methanol
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The nucleus of _____ is membrane bound
Eukaryotes
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Which part of the eukaryotic cell is responsible for protein synthesis
Ribosomes
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Plasmyolysis is the shrinking of a cell (T/F)
True
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The act of introducing disease-causing organisms or infected material into an area or substance
Contamination
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Their enzyme systems are inactivated by free oxygen
Strict anaerobes
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This type of association is beneficial to both of the organisms
Mutualism
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Quaternary ammonium compounds are inactivated in the presence of soap (T/F)
True
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In the eukaryotic cell the function of lysosomes is to:
Destroy worn out cell parts
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The study of fungi
Mycology
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Which of the following is the smallest organism * Bacteria * Chlamydia * Viruses * Protozoa
Viruses
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The alcohol washes away the primary stain in the Gram negative bacteria because:
The Gram negative bacteria has a thinner cell wall
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These consist of a genome surrounded by a capsid composed of many small protein units called capsomeres
Viruses
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Binary fission is a means of:
Bacterial reproduction
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Thermophiles
Heat loving microorganisms
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This type of control of microorganisms is applied to a living body
Antisepsis
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Capnophiles require an increase in oxygen for optimum growth (T/F)
False
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A type of infection that originates outside of the organism
Exogenous
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Disease causing microorganisms are:
Pathogens
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If a person inherits two genes that are the same, he is said to be:
Homozygous
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Generalized edema
Anasarca
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Color blindness is the result of sex-linked inheritance (T/F)
True
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Which of the following moves throughout the blood stream? * Emboli * Thrombi
Emboli
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Which type of embolism is the result of crushing injuries to bones
Fat
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Recessive genes manifest themselves when the person is:
Homozygous for the trait
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This type of immunity occurs when the patient is given immune serum
Passive
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This disease is characterized by the presence of flipper-like stunted limbs
Phocomelia
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The production of activated lymphocytes is the result of:
Cell-mediated immunity
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Bleeding from the nose
Epistaxis
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Metastases are the result of septic emboli (T/F)
False
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A disease that originates in the hospital
Nosocomial
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An autoimmune inflammatory disease that can be mild or severe
Lupus Erythematosus
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A collection of fluid in the pleural cavity
Hydrothorax
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Indications of a disease or disorder that are observed or detected by a physician
Sign
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An autoimmune disease results when the body's tolerance system fails (T/F)
True
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Hyperplasia is due to:
An increase in the number of cells
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An accumulation of pus formed as a result of infection by microorganisms
Abscess
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Most gangrene is characterized by the odor of rotting flesh (T/F)
True
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This type of exudate involves pus
Suppurative
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A disease that suddenly occurs in a large number of people
Epidemic
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The process by which a disease originates and develops
Pathogenesis
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The rate of disease
Morbidity rate
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A protective tissue response to injury or invasion by disease producing organisms
Inflammation
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The shrinking or wasting away of a tissue or organ due to a reduction in the size of the cells
Atrophy
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Small hemorrhages that are visible on the skin
Petechia
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A pathological process in which various substances or cells pass into the tissues to form abnormal accumulations
Infiltration
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An increase in the severity of symptoms of a disease
Exacerbation
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This is a false membrane of fiber
Pseudomembrane
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During inflammation, histamine causes the capillaries to:
Become more permeable
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This form of spina bifida is characterized by a dimpling of the skin and tuft of hair over the vertebral defect
Occulta
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What is a cardinal sign of inflammation
Swelling
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Sickle cell anemia:
* Is generally confined to blacks * Is autosomal recessive * Results in deformed blood cells
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A mass formed from the constituents of the blood on the inner surface of the heart or a blood vessel
Thrombus
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Any deviation or interruption of the normal structure or function of any part, organ or system of the body that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs
Disease
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All forms of spina bifida are fatal (T/F)
False
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A small blister containing pus
Pustule
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A bruise
Ecchymosis
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Deals with the various laboratory procedures that are used in making a medical diagnosis
Clinical pathology
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Down's Syndrome is the result of an extra chromosome (T/F)
True
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The patient appears to be male but has small testes that fail to mature and produce sperm
Klinefelter's Syndrome
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Hyperplasia may result in tumor formation (T/F)
True
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Edema of the scrotum
Hydrocele
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An unusually large flow of blood to a part
Hyperemia
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Enlargement of an organ or tissue due to an increase in the number of the cells
Hyperplasia
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The study of disease, its causes, mechanisms, and effects on the body
Pathology
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A disease that has a short and relatively severe course
Acute

MOR 224: Thanatomicrobiology/Pathology (62 decks)

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