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Microbiology NBE Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Mutual opposition or contrary action. The inhibition of one microorganism by another.

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Antagonism

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Failure of a tissue or an organ to develop normally.

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Aplasia

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3
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Self-nourishing bacteria.

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Autotrophic Bacteria

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A large group of nonmotie, gram negative intracellular parasites.

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Chlamydia

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The act of introducing disease germs or infectious material into an area or subustance.

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Contamination

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The deterioration of tissues with corresponding functional impairment as a result of disease or injury.

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Degeneration

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7
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Reduction ofthe toxic properties of a poisonous substance.

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Detoxification

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A double bacillus, two being linked end to end. Morax-Axenfeld bacillus is a cause of conjunctivitis is typical of this form.

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Diplobacilli

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A genus of bacteria that occur in pairs.

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Diplococcus

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10
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Resistant, as in bacteria, to the action of a drug or drugs.

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Drug-Fast

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Abnormal development of tissue.

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Dysplasia

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12
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A thick-walled spore within a bacterium.

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Endospores

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13
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The study of the cause of disease.

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Etiology

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14
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Fluid or cellular debris exuding from blood vessels and deposited in tissues or tissue surfaces; usually a result of inflammation.

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Exudate

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15
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Prefers live organic matter as a source of nutrition but can adapt to the use of dead organic matter under certain conditions.

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Facultative Saprophyte

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16
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A substance that kills fungi.

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Fungicide

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17
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An abscess or pyogenic infection of a sweat gland or hair follicle.

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Furunce

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18
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An infection that becomes systemic.

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General Infection

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19
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A substance that destroys microorganisms.

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Germicide

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20
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Synonymous with “normal flora” indicates that microbial popuation that lives with the host in a healthy condition.

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Indigenous Flora

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21
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A substance that kills insects.

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Insecticide

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22
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A substance that kills insect larva.

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Larvacide

23
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Temperature below which bacterial growth will not take place.

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Minimum Demperature

24
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Number of deaths in a given time or place or proportion of deaths to a population.

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Mortality Rate

25
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Bacteria of the Mycoplasma genus that are found in humans and have no cell wall; the smallest free-living organisms presently known being intermediate in size between viruses and bacteria.

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Mycoplasmas

26
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Organisms that are free living and relationships are not required for survival.

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Non-Symbiotic

27
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What prions are sometimes known as because of the post mortem appearance of the brain with large varuoles in the cortex and cerebellum.

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Spongiform Encephalopathies

28
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A genus of spiral bacteria having a corkscrew shape with a rigid cell wall and hair-like projections called flagella that assist in movement.

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Spirillum

29
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A genus of bacteria having a flexible cell wall but no flagella in the traidtiional sense. Movement in these organisms occurs by contractions (undulating) of long filaments (endoflagella) that run the length of the cell.

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Spirochete

30
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Organisms live in close nutritional relationships; required by one or both members.

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Symbiotic

31
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The process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances tht are not ordinarily present.

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Infiltration

32
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Grouping of four spherical shaped cells.

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Tetracocci

33
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The presence of toxins in the blood.

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Toxemia

34
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A genus of spiral bacteria which are curved or bent rods that resemble commas. (to move rapidly, vibrate)

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Vibrio

35
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An agent destructive to viruses.

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Virucide

36
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The study of viruses and viral diseases.

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Vriology

37
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One of a group of minute infectious agents, with certain exceptions (poxviruses) not resolved in the light microscope, and characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and by the ability to replicate only within living host cells. Able to reproduce with genetic continuity and the possibility of mutation.

  • Range from 200-300nm to 15nm in size
  • Morphologically heterogeneous occurring as rod-shaped, spherical, or polyhedral and tadpole-shaped forms
  • Consists of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA but not both)
  • Subgroups on basis of host specificity: bacteria, animal and plant
  • Classification to origin, transmission, or manifestations they produce
  • Sometimes named for geographical location in which they were first isolated.
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Virus

38
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Bacteria typically reproduce by a process called:

  • osmosis
  • parasitism
  • autotrophism
  • binary fission
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Binary Fission

39
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A substance that induces the formation of antibodies that interact specifically with it:

  • Antigen
  • Lysozyme
  • Interferon
  • Gastric juice
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Antigen

40
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A minute organism not visible with an ordinary light microscope is:

  • Virus
  • Fungi
  • Bacterial
  • Protozoa
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Virus

41
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The causative organism in amebic dysentery:

  • Plasmodium Malaria
  • Pheumocystis carinii
  • entamoeba histolytica
  • Clostridium perfringens
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Entamoeba Histolytica

42
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Viruses are unaffected by the action of:

  • antibodies
  • antibiotics
  • phagocytes
  • interferon
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Antibiotics

43
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An organism that feeds on dead organic matter only is a:

  • Facultative anaerobe
  • Faculatative aerobe
  • Strict parasite
  • Strict saprophyte
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Strict Saprophyte

44
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Rickettsia rickettsii is (More than one answer):

  • A tick-borne disease
  • A flea-borne disease
  • Rocket Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Inclusion conjunctivitis
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Both a Tick-Borne Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

45
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Which of the following are true of malignant neoplasms? (More than one answer)

  • Resembles the tissue of origin
  • Grows my infiltration
  • Cause tissue damage
  • Grows by expansion
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Both Grows by Infiltration and Causes Tissue Damage

46
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Pneumococci usually leaves the body through the:

  • blood
  • feces
  • urine
  • nose and mouth
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Nose and Mouth

47
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The increase in size of an organ or part due to the excessive but regulated increase in the number of its cells.

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Hyperplasia

48
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The enlargement of an organ or part due to the increase in size of cells composing it.

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Hypertrophy

49
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Bacteria that can grow in the absence or presence of free oxygen are known as:

  • Aerobes
  • Facultative
  • Obligate aerobes
  • Obligate Anaerobes
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Facultative

50
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Which superficial dermatomycosis increases when associated with AIDS?

  • Candidiasis
  • Cryptococcisis
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Coccidioidomycosis
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Candidiasis

51
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An important factor in any consideration of the mode of action of antimicrobial compounds.

  • Transportation
  • Cross resistance
  • Selective toxicity
  • Plasmid-mediated resistance
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Selective Toxicity

52
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Pathogenic microbes are most virulent:

  • After the first 24 hours
  • During thermal death time
  • Only in the presence of dry heat
  • When first emitted from the body
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When First Emitted From the Body

53
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Wearing protective clothing and exercising Universal Precautations while removing the deceased from the place of death (more than one answer):

  • Provides an effective barrier to portals of entry
  • Eliminates the virulence of pathogens
  • Reduces the number of microorganisms present
  • Is required by OSHA’s bloodborne pathogen rule
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Both Provides an effective barrier to portals of entry and is required by OSHA’s bloodborne pathogen rule.

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