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Major Introductory Concepts Flashcards

Going over definitions and basic concepts as foundations

1
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What is the kingdom classification of bacteria?

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Kingdom Monera: Prokaryote

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Describe features of bacteria as prokaryotes

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  • Simple, single celled
  • Reproduce quickly
  • Loose DNA and chromosomes
  • No nucleus
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What are the four bacterial shapes?

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  • Cocci
  • Bacilli
  • Spirals
  • Spirochetes
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Most human diseases are caused by what type of bacteria?

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Spirochetes

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Mycology is the study of…

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simple plants known as fungi and yeast

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What is the kingdom classification of fungi and yeast?

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Kingdom fungi: Eukaryote

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What are features of fungi as eukaryotes?

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  • Multi-cellular
  • Contain a nucleus
  • Reproduction slower than bacteria
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How does fungi compare to more complex plants?

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Lack chlorophyl: no respiration, no glucose

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What is the purpose of fungi?

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Decompose infected substrate

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What are the two fungal shapes?

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Yeast and mold

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How large can mold become?

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Can become the world’s largest life form

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Virology is the study of…

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viruses and prions

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What is the kingdom classification of viruses and prions?

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No kingdom because non-living

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14
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80% of human disease and death is caused by…

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viruses

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Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. What does this mean?

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They need a host to replicate

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16
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Which microbe is smallest?

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Viruses; millions can infect a cell

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What are the possible viral shapes?

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  • Cylindrical
  • Polyhedral
  • Spherical
  • Complex (bacteriophage)
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18
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Parasitology is the study of…

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simple and complex animals

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19
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What are the two kingdoms of parasites?

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Kingdom Protista and Animalia

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What are examples of Kingdom Protista: Protozoa?

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Microscopic, simple, single-celled parasites causing incredible symptoms

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What are Kingdom Animalia: Helminths?

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Macroscopic worms

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What are Phylum: Nemahelminthes?

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Round worms (more advanced)

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What are Phylum: Platyhelminthes?

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Flat worms (less advanced)

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What are the two phylums of helminths?

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Nemahelminthes: round worms
Platyhelminthes: flat worms

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25
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What is the only overtly symptomatic STD to women? What type of microbe is its cause?

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Trichomoniasis: protozoan parasite

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26
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What is giardia? What type of microbe is its cause?

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Beaver fever, a nasty GI disease common in dogs
Protozoan parasite

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As a protozoan parasite, does giardia need a host?

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No

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28
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If you have tapeworm, how many are likely to be infesting?

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Usually only one

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29
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If you have roundworms, how many are likely to be infesting?

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Many infest at once

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30
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Describe the symptoms of tapeworm

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No overt symptoms, may stay in system for 1-2 years

31
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How large is a tapeworm?

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Tapeworms are host specific: can be .5cm to 28ft

32
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Roundworm eggs can stay in soil up to…

33
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What is normal flora?

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Any microbe that lives in or on the human body without causing harm to the host

34
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Normal flora is also referred to as…

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microbiome

35
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Is there more normal flora or body cells in the body?

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3x microbes in/on body than body cells

36
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Which normal flora produces Vitamin K?

37
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How does normal flora follow for generations?

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Shared through touch especially to children

38
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What is a pathogen?

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Any microbe causing infection/illness

39
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What is an opportunistic pathogen?
How does it cause disease?

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Potentially infectious microbe that’s considered the hosts normal flora. Causes disease when the host’s resistance is low or innate defenses have been breached.

40
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90% of female UTIs are caused by…

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opportunistic pathogen: e. coli

41
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Where is staph supposed to be?
What does it cause when it’s elsewhere?

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Staph is supposed to be on the skin
When it moves, it acts as an opportunistic pathogen and causes infection

42
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What is pathogenesis?

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Sequence of steps required resulting in the manifestation of disease

43
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Epidemiology is the study of…

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factors determining the frequency and distribution of disease

44
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What are the five requirements of infection?

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  1. Entry
  2. Establishment
  3. Defeat host defenses
  4. Damage the host
  5. Transmission to new host
45
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What are five transmission mechanisms of disease spread?

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  1. Air
  2. Food or water
  3. Insect vectors
  4. Person to person contact
  5. Geographic distribution
46
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What are five propagation of epidemic disease factors?

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  1. Poor socioeconomic conditions
  2. Ignorance of how infections occur
  3. Poor hygiene
  4. Natural disasters
  5. War and relocation of refugees
47
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Virulence and virulence factors allow the pathogen to…

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  • Persist in the host
  • Cause disease
  • Escape or defeat host defenses
48
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Describe the innate immune response of host defenses

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  • First line of defense
  • Non-specific (always happening)
  • Cellular and chemical factors (dodges microbe)
49
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Describe the adaptive immune response of host defenses

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  • Lethal response (kills microbe)
  • Specific response (triggered)
  • Memory
50
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Which immune response of the host takes more time?

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Adaptive immune response

51
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What type of cell will recognize a microbe?

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T lymphocytes

52
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Which infections are easiest to treat?

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Bacterial infections

53
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What prevention method is common for bacterial infections and works against a majority of microbes?

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Antiseptics and disinfectants

54
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What is the treatment for bacterial infections?

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Antibiotics (hopefully the bacteria isn’t resistant)

55
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Why are fungi harder to treat than bacteria?

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They share common cell structures with human cells (a nucleus)

56
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What is the treatment for fungal infections?

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Antimycotics (antibiotics specific to fungi)

57
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Antimycotics are targeting which part of the fungi cell?

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Cell walls (we don’t have those)

58
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Describe systemic antimycotics
What is a risk of these?

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Taken as a pill, break, repeat
Can cause RBC rupture leading to anemia

59
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Describe topical antimycotics

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Taken 2x a day for 1 year to get through all layers of fungi

60
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What is the treatment for viral infections?

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There is no treatment for a viral illness

61
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What must happen to prevent a viral infection?

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Viruses must be destroyed prior to entering a cell OR the host cell must be killed prior to releasing the replicated viruses

62
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Treatment for protozoa can cause… because…

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can cause severe human illness because protozoa are simple animals sharing many cellular components

63
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What will treatment for protozoa target?

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Protozoa’s reproductive abilities

64
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With treatment for protozoa, how will the patient feel?

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Worse before better

65
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Treatment for helminths can cause… because…

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can cause severe human illness because helminths are more complex animals sharing many cellular components

66
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How do we treat helminths?

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Try to get rid of them slowly with deworming pills causing intestinal purge

67
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What are two important factors in preventing infectious disease?

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Public health and immunization

68
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Antiseptics are used on…

69
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Disinfectants are used on…

70
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Antibiotics are used on…

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living systems

71
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Name five public health measures taken to prevent disease

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  1. Disinfection of water supplies
  2. Monitoring food supplies
  3. Proper hygiene and sanitation
  4. Proper waste removal and treatment
  5. Insect and pest control
72
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How can microbes benefit the environment?

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  • Recycling vital elements in soil
  • Convert environmental elements into usable form
  • Return CO2 to the atmosphere
  • Recycle waste water
  • Decontaminate toxic spills
73
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How can microbes benefit humans?

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Production of chemicals, hormones, and enzymes
Production of food

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