FOUNDATIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER
13 EXAM PREP COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Infectious disease . Answer: an infection that causes damage or
disruption to tissues to tissues and organs
◉Pathogen . Answer: Infectious agent
◉Etiology . Answer: The study of the cause of a disease
◉Pathogenesis . Answer: The development of disease
◉Infection . Answer: -Colonization of the body by a pathogen
-A condition in which pathogenic microbes penetrate host defenses,
enter tissues, and multiply
◉Disease . Answer: An abnormal state in which the body is not
functioning normally
, ◉Normal (resident) flora and host . Answer: Microbes that engage in
mutual or commensal associates.
-Transient microbiota
-Normal microbiota
-Symbiosis
◉Transient . Answer: -May be present for days, weeks or months
-Microbes that occupy the body for only short periods
◉Normal microbiota . Answer: premanently colonize the host
◉Symbiosis . Answer: is the relationship between normal microbiota
and the host
--> Commensalism
--> Mutualism
--> Parasitism
◉True Pathogens . Answer: Capable of causing disease in healthy
persons with normal immune defenses
--influenza virus, Plague baccillus, malarial protozoan
13 EXAM PREP COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Infectious disease . Answer: an infection that causes damage or
disruption to tissues to tissues and organs
◉Pathogen . Answer: Infectious agent
◉Etiology . Answer: The study of the cause of a disease
◉Pathogenesis . Answer: The development of disease
◉Infection . Answer: -Colonization of the body by a pathogen
-A condition in which pathogenic microbes penetrate host defenses,
enter tissues, and multiply
◉Disease . Answer: An abnormal state in which the body is not
functioning normally
, ◉Normal (resident) flora and host . Answer: Microbes that engage in
mutual or commensal associates.
-Transient microbiota
-Normal microbiota
-Symbiosis
◉Transient . Answer: -May be present for days, weeks or months
-Microbes that occupy the body for only short periods
◉Normal microbiota . Answer: premanently colonize the host
◉Symbiosis . Answer: is the relationship between normal microbiota
and the host
--> Commensalism
--> Mutualism
--> Parasitism
◉True Pathogens . Answer: Capable of causing disease in healthy
persons with normal immune defenses
--influenza virus, Plague baccillus, malarial protozoan
