Gut and immune system Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

NATS 1670 QUIZ 3 What is Clostridium difficile? - A bacteria that causes infectious diarrhea / colitis. It can occur when antibiotics "wipe-out" a person's normal gut flora. It is often considered to be a nosocomial or hospital acquired infection. What happens when there is too much immunity? - allergy autommune disease acute inflammation-sepssi, cytokine storm What are the 3 stages of immunity? - Intrinsic Innate Acquired what are the ways we prevent infection and bacte...

essential vitamins 13 vitamins that animal cells need but can't synthesize found in both plant and animal sources 2. vitamins produced by the body vitamin K and biotin (gut flora) vitamin D (skin) vitamin A (from beta carotene) niacin (tryptophan) 3. two criteria for vitamins 1. must be consumed in the diet to maintain health. 2. symptoms of deficiency occur in its absence 4. enrichment adding nutrients back that have been lost to processing 5. fortification adding nutrient not nat...

ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certification Test Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024 (VERIIFED) Foundations to Set the Stage Focusing on Cellular Structure and Function The Normal Cell Cycle -Answer -The cell cycle refers to the ordered seres of processes of DNA replication and mitosis, or cell division -Cell nucleus regulates these processes by gathering and processing complexes molecular information Interphase and Mitotic Phase -AnswerCell division produces two identical cell...

IBCLC quiz and poll questionsA baby's tongue is pressing a mother's nipple against the baby's hard palate. Which cranial nerve was most responsible for the tonque movement? - correct answer Hypoglossal For this same baby (tongue pressing nipple against hard palate), there is a crease on the nipple tip and the nipple appears flattened. The most likely cause of this is: - correct answer Shallow latch Secretory IgA in mother's milk has all the following functions except: - correct ans...

The Immune System MCATinnate immunity - correct answer -composed of defenses that are always active but unable to target specific invaders -nonspecific immunity adaptive immunity - correct answer -specific immunity -targets a specific pathogen -slower to attack but retains memory of pathogens bone marrow - correct answer -produces all leukocytes(white blood cells) that participate in the immune system spleen - correct answer -location of blood storage and activation of B-cells, which...

MICR 460 Microbiology Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest (Graded) Antigen is typically found extracellularly and intracellularly within the cytosol and endosomes A 2. CD8 T cells obtain ITAM phosphorylation before CD4 T cells do during an immune response B 3. Epithelial cells first develop in bone marrow but finish their development in the thymus B 4. ELISAs measure soluble protein antigen A 5. FACS analysis can distinguish different Lin+ cell types but not Lin- cells types because Lin...

opportunistic pathogens correct answersa microorganism that causes a disease only in individuals whose immune systems are in some way compromised. Clonal selection correct answersthe functions of cells (lymphocytes) of the immune system in response to specific antigens invading the body. Immunological memory correct answerssome lymphocytes during the adaptive immune response persist in the body and provide long term which make it adaptive immune response faster and stronger. Primary imm...

What are some functions of the gut microbiome? - ANSWER-•Supports digestion •support epithelial homeostasis in the gut •Protect against pathogens •Facilitate development of the immune system •Functions as a multifunctional organ that provides metabolic traits not fully evolved in our genome: break down of plant polysaccharides, transformation of conjugated bile acids, synthesis of certain vitamins (i.e. vitamin K) •Postnatal colonization educates immune system so we become tol...

ALU 301 - Ch 2 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2024) inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Term used for 2 inflammatory conditions of undetermined etiology. 1. Ulcerative Colitis (UC) 2. Crohn's Disease (CD) --Generally accepted idea that UC and CD are diff dz's but have overlapping manifestations making it difficult to distinguish one from the other --Both manifest as dz's of GI tract characterized by chronic inflammation w intermittent periods of exacerbation and remission. Both can be ass...

NURS 629 Peds Exam 3 Infectious Disease Questions And Answers 2024/2025 Antbiotics There is good bacteria within our bodies, such as the gut, that helps increase our immune response. However, certain medications that are overused like _____ bypass the immune system and are not recognized , causing spread and duplicatation within the body. Educate you patients that should not receive this medication because of best practice of -What supportive things can be done to help with illness -Offer ha...