ADULT 1 EXAM UTMB QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS

ADULT 1 EXAM UTMB QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS Virulent - ability to spread or cause disease Asymptomatic - a carrier of the disease; does not show symptoms of the disease but possess the trait and can spread the disease What all can be considered a reservoir? - a person, animal, milk, water, or an inanimate object. (Basically anything) What specifically could milk harbor as a reservoir? - Listeria What specifically could water harbor as a reservoir? - Shigella Why may antivirals not be effective? - If they are not given within a certain time after getting the virus Examples of portals of exit in the body - breaks in skin, respiratory tract, GI tract, etc List examples of the airway route by which microorganisms can be spread through - talking, sneezing, coughing, etc. 2Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 A droplet route to spread microorganisms is larger than an airway route. True or False. - True Microorganisms can only live if they have an acceptable what? - host - therefore, they cannot live long on inanimate objects Susceptibility - the degree of resistance Describe the incubation period - First period when pathogen invades the reservoir and it is first starting to show symptoms Describe the prodromal stage - most infectious period - early signs of symptoms - feeling "crumby" - low grade fever - slight abdominal pain How long does the period of illness last? - depends on pathogen one has Systemic - affecting the body as a whole (all over fever) Define localized; give example - only pertaining to one area of the body; inflammation in a certain area Describe the period of convalescence - when the body begins to recover; returning to health after illness What is the first line of defense against pathogens? What other lines of defense do we have? - our bodies normal flora; inflammatory and immune response 3Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Cellular immunity increases the number of what in our bodies? Why? - lymphocytes; they fight foreign cells that invade our bodies and when we are becoming immune to something, they must increase in number to fight the invading cells What causes the redness in inflammation? - increased blood flow Phagocytes - the engulfing and usually the destruction of particulate matter by phagocytes that serves as an important bodily defense mechanism against infection What is exudate? - drainage What does purulent mean? - puss is present Define sanguineous & sero-sanguineous - contains red blood cells/contains red blood cells and serous fluid (clear)