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FINAL OBJECTIVES CHAPTERS 1-5 Flashcards

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1
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Prokaryotic

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Genetic material is not housed within a true nucleus

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Eukaryotic

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Uni or multicellular eukaryotes such as protists, fungi, plants and animals. Eukrayotes all contain A NUCLEUS

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3
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Acellular

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Viruses

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4
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Leewunhoek

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Microscope

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5
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Hippocrates

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Father of Western medicine

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6
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Thucydides

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Survivors of the plague were subsequently immune to the infection

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7
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Varro

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Disease cannot be seen by the eye

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What is the difference between simple stains and differential stains

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Simple make bacteria stand out from background. Differential distinguish different types of bacteria

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Acidic

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Chromophore has a negative charge

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10
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Basic

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Chromophore has a positive charge

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Positive stain

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Cells are stained

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Negative stain

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Background is stained, cells appear clear

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13
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Simple stain uses how many dyes

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Only one dye

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14
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Differential stain uses how many dyes

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Multiple dyes can be used to differentiate organisms

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15
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Purpose of a gram stain

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Differentiate between bacteria with different types of cell walls

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Purpose of an acid fast stain

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Differentiate between two types of gram positive cells. Those with waxy mycolic acids and those that do not

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Purpose of capsule stains

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Used to distinguish cells with capsules vs those without

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Purpose of a flagella stain

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Used to view and study flagella in bacteria that have them

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Purpose of an endospore stain

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To distinguish organisms with endospores from those without

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20
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Contributions of Hooke

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First to use term “cells” in 1965

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21
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Contributions of Schwann

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Cells are the fundamental components of plants and animals

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Contributions of Schleiden

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Cells formed through crystallization rather than division

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Contributions of Remak

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Cells are derived from other cells as a result of cell division

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Contributions of Virchow

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All cells arise from cells

25
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Contributions of Pasteur

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Disproved of spontaneous generation theory with his swan neck flask experiment

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Contributions of Semmelweis

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Proposed physicians were transferring diseases and agents without handwashing

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Contributions of Snow

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Cholera and bacteria were transmitted via drinking water

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Contributions of Lister

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Postsurgical infections, intense handwashing and cleanliness during surgery

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Contributions of Koch

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Cause of specific disease could be attributed to specific microbe

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Coccus shape

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Round

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Bacillus shape

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Rod

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Vibrio shape

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Curved rod

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Coccobacillus shape

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Short rod

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Spirillum shape

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Spiral

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Spirochete shape

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Long loose helical spiral

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Strepto shape

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Chain

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Staphyl shape

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Cluster

38
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Tetrad shape

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Square

39
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Diplo shape

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Pair

40
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Giardia

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Diarrheal illness

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Trichomonas

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STD

42
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Trypanosoma

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African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness

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Plasmodium

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Mosquito bites

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Toxoplasma

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Toxoplasmosis

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Entamoeba

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Amoebic dysentery

46
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Naegleria

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Brain eating amoeba

47
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Candida

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Yeast and vaginal infections

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Histoplasma

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Lung disease

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Aspergillus

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Allergy and infections

50
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Saccharomyces

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Brewing beer / bread

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Cryptococcus

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Yeast inhaled can cause lung infections

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