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Question 1

What is it called when it’s new to the population or has shown an increase in prevalence in the last 20 years?

Answer 1

Emerging infectious disease

Question 2

What is it called when there is an increase of a disease after period of decline?

Answer 2

Re-emerging infectious disease

Question 3

What are the 3 categories of innate immunity?

Answer 3

Physical innate defense, chemical innate defense, and cellular innate defense

Question 4

What are the 3 structures of physical innate defense?

Answer 4

tight junctions, desmosomes, gap junctions

Question 5

How is shedding of epidermis a form of physical innate defense?

Answer 5

Helps shed microbes

Question 6

In the physical innate defense, _____ resists microbial enzymes and ____can inhibit growth.

Answer 6

keratin; salt

Question 7

With what physical innate defense structure do mucous membranes use for protection?

Answer 7

tight junctions

Question 8

T/F Mucus may also contain antimicrobial peptides

Answer 8

T

Question 10

What is endothelia?

Answer 10

tightly packed epithelial cells lining blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, urogenital track and others

Question 10

What are ciliated epithelial cells of the upper respiratory system that move debris-laden mucus out of the lungs?

Answer 10

Mucociliary escalator

Question 10

What does the endothelia of blood-brain barrier do?

Answer 10

Protects CNS

Question 10

How does microbiome competition inhibit the growth of potential pathogens?

Answer 10

beneficial microbes compete and take up physical space/nutrients