LATG CH 13 Agents of Disease Flashcards
Disease
is an altered physiological state in which the normal function of a tissue, organ, or body system has been impaired. cause by toxins, trauma, cancer, the degeneration of body systems, or by infectious organisms
BActerium
One-celled organism with no nucleus or organelles
Gram positive
external cell wall stained purple/blue
Gram negative
Thin internal cell wall stains pink
bacterial shapes
cocci, bacilli, spiral
c. piliforme
tyzzers disease- severe enteritis
DNA viruses
Pox, parvo, herpes
RNA viruses
orthomyxo flu & paramyxo (measles), corona SARS and Mouse hepatitis virus, arboviruses west nile
mycosis
fungi
helminths
wormlike parasites
Trematodes
flukes; liver fluke fasciola hepatica
have oral suckers, flat and have larval forms that hatch in water
Cestodes
flatworms (tapeworms Dipylidium caninum)flat; can cause liver cysts in rats
nematodes
roundworms; hookworms, whipworms, filaria (heart worm dirofilaria immitis dont produce eggs
acanthocephalids
thorny-headed worms
hirudineans
leeches