Radt 1001: Chapter 17 Exam
Set Questions With Reviewed
Correct Detailed Answers
New Update!!
1. Freedom from infection - ANSWER asepsis
2. Prokaryotic, ubiquitous single-celled organisms - ANSWER bacteria
3. Disease-causing microorganisms that may be present in human blood -
ANSWER bloodborne pathogens
4. Treatment of disease by chemical agents - ANSWER chemotherapy
5. Stage in the life cycle of certain parasites during which they are enclosed in
a protective wall - ANSWER cyst
6. Occurring in two distinct forms - ANSWER dimorphic
7. Deviations from or interruptions of the normal structure or function of any
part, organ, or system (or combination thereof) of the body that are
exhibited by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose cause,
, pathologic mechanism, and prognosis may be known or unknown -
ANSWER diseases
8. Chemicals used to free an environment from pathogenic organisms or to
render such organisms inert, especially as applied to the treatment of
inanimate materials to reduce or eliminate infectious organisms - ANSWER
disinfectants
9. Organisms whose cells have a true nucleus - ANSWER eukaryotes
10. Microbial community found on or in a healthy person - ANSWER flora
11. Aan object such as a book, wooden object, or article of clothing that is not
in itself harmful but is able to harbor pathogenic microorganisms and thus
may serve as an agent of transmission of an infection - ANSWER fomite
12. General term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists — including
mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, molds, and smuts — that are characterized by
the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall -
ANSWER fungi
13. Infection that patients acquire while they are receiving treatment for
another health care issue - ANSWER health care-associated infection
(HAI)
14. An animal or plant that harbors or nourished another organism - ANSWER
host
Set Questions With Reviewed
Correct Detailed Answers
New Update!!
1. Freedom from infection - ANSWER asepsis
2. Prokaryotic, ubiquitous single-celled organisms - ANSWER bacteria
3. Disease-causing microorganisms that may be present in human blood -
ANSWER bloodborne pathogens
4. Treatment of disease by chemical agents - ANSWER chemotherapy
5. Stage in the life cycle of certain parasites during which they are enclosed in
a protective wall - ANSWER cyst
6. Occurring in two distinct forms - ANSWER dimorphic
7. Deviations from or interruptions of the normal structure or function of any
part, organ, or system (or combination thereof) of the body that are
exhibited by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose cause,
, pathologic mechanism, and prognosis may be known or unknown -
ANSWER diseases
8. Chemicals used to free an environment from pathogenic organisms or to
render such organisms inert, especially as applied to the treatment of
inanimate materials to reduce or eliminate infectious organisms - ANSWER
disinfectants
9. Organisms whose cells have a true nucleus - ANSWER eukaryotes
10. Microbial community found on or in a healthy person - ANSWER flora
11. Aan object such as a book, wooden object, or article of clothing that is not
in itself harmful but is able to harbor pathogenic microorganisms and thus
may serve as an agent of transmission of an infection - ANSWER fomite
12. General term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists — including
mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, molds, and smuts — that are characterized by
the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall -
ANSWER fungi
13. Infection that patients acquire while they are receiving treatment for
another health care issue - ANSWER health care-associated infection
(HAI)
14. An animal or plant that harbors or nourished another organism - ANSWER
host
