Ch. 4 questions with answers
|\ |\ |\ |\
Antimicrobial drugs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Drugs that tend to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
destroy mirobes or prevent their multiplication.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Soluble substances derived
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
from a mold or bacterium that kills or inhibits growth of other
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
microorganisms
Arthropod vector - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In the family
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
arthropoda that includes spiders, mites, ticks, mosquitoes, etc.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
can transmit infection to man or animals
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Attenuated vaccine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A weakened or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
dilute solution of microbes
|\ |\ |\
Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Colorless, minute, one-celled
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
organisms with a typical nucleus |\ |\ |\ |\
Contain both RNA and DNa
|\ |\ |\ |\
Broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
drug effective against a wide variety of different microorganisms
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,Carrier - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A person or animal that harbors
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a particular infectious agent and does not have clinical disease
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
but is able to transmit the disease to others
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Cilia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mobile extensions of a cell surface
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(look like tiny hairs)
|\ |\ |\
Cytomegalovirus infections - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A group of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
viruses in the Herpesviridae family
|\ |\ |\ |\
Encephalopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A disorder of the brain |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Enterotoxigenic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Referring to an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
organism that produces toxins specific for cells in the intestinal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
tract.
Fecal-oral route - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Disease passed from
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
one person who has poor hand-washing hygiene to another
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
through food touched by that person following stool elimination.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Fungi - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cells that require an oxygenated
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
environment to live; |\ |\ |\
may be either yeasts or molds.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Genetic predisposition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inherited
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
potential via the genetic transmission for a particular illness or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
characteristic
, Helminths - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Parasitic worms that may live
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in the human intestinal tract for long periods of time if not
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
treated.
Immune - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Free from acquiring a particular
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
infectious disease
|\ |\
Immune suppressed - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Persons whose
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
immunity is prohibited for physiologic reasons
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Infectious disease - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A disease capable of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
being passed from one person to another
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Nucleoid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A part of a nucleous (a nuclear
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
inclusion body)
|\ |\
The part of a bacterium or virus that contains nucleic acid
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Parasite - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An organism that lives in or on
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
another and draws its nourishment from that on which it lives.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Parasites may be animals or plants (mistletoe)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Pathogenicity (pathogen) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The ability to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cause disease |\