Microbiology Of Gis Flashcards
Acquiring gastroenteritis can be through….?
foodborne, waterborne, person-to- person,
zoonotic spread.
What is gastroenteritis
is inflammation of the lining of the stomach and small and large intestines.
Viral gastroenteritis are mainly transmitted through……?
Fecal-oral route
What is the diagnosis of norovirus?
Pcr
What is the type of epith in the small intestine?
Enterocytes which are columnar cells
The …….. increases the apical surface area in the small intestine and form striated border when looked at under light microscope
Microvilli
Enterocytes:
• Goblet cells, ….
• Paneth cells,…….
• Enteroendocrine cells,
• M cells (microfold cells),……..
whose primary function is absorption
unicellular mucin-secreting glands
whose primary function is to maintain mucosal innate immunity by secreting antimicrobial substances
which produce various paracrine and endocrine hormones
specialized cells located in the epithelium that covers lymphatic nodules in the lamina propria
the number of ……………increases from duodenum to ileum.
goblet cells
……… are most numerous in upper parts, their number slowly decreasing toward the lower end
of the tract
Enterocytes
What are the types of structures on the large intestine?
No villus
Has simple tubular glands
Crypts
Higher ratio of goblet cells to enterocytes
Microvilli
Epithelial stem cells
The ascending and descending segments of colon are covered posteriorly by adventitia so they are called?
Retroperitoneal
Which layer in the large intestine has large amounts of adipose tissue?
Submucosa
Which type of intestinal helminth inhabit the human gut, is doesn’t kill but impairs physical and mental growth of children,is a nematode(round worm)
Ascaris lumbricoides
What is the way of transmission of Ascaris lumbricoides?
Food eaten raw s.a vegetables, polluted water
Fecal-oral route
What is the most fatal clinical symptom of Ascaris lumbricoides?
Intestinal obstruction
What is the only nematode that can be coughed up?
Ascaris
Where does the larvae pf the ascaris lumbricoides mature?
In lungs