Micro 11 (Test 3) Flashcards
_____ breaks down blood clots
Streptokinase
A _____ is an organism that has unwanted microbes within them.
host
_____ is the degree of damage that a pathogen can enter a host and produce disease (i.e. influenza)
virulence
A _____/_____ is made by the metabolism of bacteria and cannot be exported outside of the cell.
endo-toxins/endo-enzymes
The ability of microbes to produce _____ has a great effect on their reproduction ability and the degree of the damage they cause to the host cell.
enzymes
A _____ is any agent that is capable of producing a disease in a host.
pathogen
_____ destroys red blood cells.
lecithinase
_____ kills white blood cells
leukocidin
_____ _____ keeps the tissues together.
hyaluronic acid
An _____ is the presence of an animal parasite in or on the human body (ie. worms, lice, bed bugs)
infestation
An _____ is made within the bacterial cell and can be exported externally through the cell membrane and the cell wall and causes damage.
exoenzyme
_____ is an enzyme that destroys collaten that is found in bone, muscle, tendons, ligaments.
collagenase
_____ is the body’s defense mechanism; deals with the ability of the body to destroy intruders that should not be there.
immunity
Skin, tears, saliva, mucin, perspiration are body structures that are designed to _____ the entrance of a microbe.
prevent
An endoenzyme stays inside the bacteria until the bacteria is destroyed by _____
lysis
_____ is an enzyme that destroys hyluronic acid.
hyaluronidase
An _____ is the interaction between tow things in which one of the living items harms the other.
infection
The measure of the ability or ease at which a pathogen can enter a host and produce disease (i.e. influenza) is called _____
pathogenicity
The action of antibodies is called _____ immunity
humoral
The collection of fluid in an area of the body is called _____
edema
Sings of an infection include (6)
redness, swelling, fever, edema, pain, and pus
The defenses the body possesses using its natural cells to attack and destroy bacteria is called _____ immunity
cellular
The two chemicals that attach to free nerve endings and cause pain are _____ and _____
bradykinin, prostoglandins
___-_____ immunity is the presence of body structures and tissues that humans possess that is designed to prevent the entrance of a microbe.
non-specific
_____ causes blood clots around the bacterial colony living
coagulase
The ability of human being to avoid a disease is called _____
resistance
_____ is produced by basophils and swell the blood capillaries to increase blood flow.
histamine
White blood cells that get stuck and die while trying to pass through the capillaries accumulate and are called ___/___
pus/pyuria
