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Mod 1: The Background of Microbiology Flashcards

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Immune mechanisms that “learn” to deal with specific invaders.

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Adaptive Immune Response

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A transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract.

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Airborne Transmission

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A substance produced by a B lymphocyte in response to a unique antigen, which it can then combine with to destroy or control it.

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Antibodies

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A group of immunocompetent cells that mediate cellular immune response by engulfing, processing, and presenting antigens to the T-cell receptor. Traditional antigen-presenting cells include macrophages, dendritic cells, Langerhans cells, and B lymphocytes.

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Antigen-Presenting Cells (APCs)

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A type of lymphocyte, developed in bone marrow, that circulates in the blood and lymph and, upon encountering a particular foreign antigen, differentiates into a clone of plasma cells that secrete antibody and a clone of memory cells that make the antibody on subsequent encounters.

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B Cells

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A vector that is essential in the life cycle of a pathogenic organism.

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Biological Vector

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A sheath or continuous enclosure around an organ or structure.

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Capsule

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A semipermeable phospholipid bilayer that separates the interior of cells from the outside environment and controls movement into and out of the cell.

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Cell Membrane

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A linear strand made of DNA that carries genetic information (genes).

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Chromosomes

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Threadlike projections from the free surface of certain epithelial cells used to propel or sweep materials across a surface.

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Cilia

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The mode of transportation of infectious pathogens from a source that is common to all the cases of a specific disease, by means of a vehicle such as water, food, air, or the blood supply.

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Common Vehicle Transmission

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Occurs when microorganisms are transferred from one infected person to another.

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Contact Transmission

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A gel-like matrix contained within the cell membrane that holds all of the cell’s internal substructures.

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Cytoplasm

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Organelle that consists of a network of channels that transport materials within the cell.

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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A lipopolysaccharide that is part of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria released after the cell’s death.

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Endotoxins

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Organisms in which the cell nucleus is surrounded by a membrane.

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Eukaryotes

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A poisonous substance produced by certain bacteria.

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Exotoxins

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Threadlike structures that provide motility for certain bacteria and protozoa and for spermazoa

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Flagella

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Object that may harbor microorganisms and is capable of transmitting them.

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Fomite

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Stacks of membrane-bound structures that package proteins inside the cell before they are sent to their destination; important in the processing of proteins for secretion.

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Golgi Apparatus

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Immunity associated with circulating antibodies.

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Humoral Immune Response

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A disease caused by microorganisms, especially those that release toxins or invade body tissues.

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Infection

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The ability to protect one’s self from pathogens, the immunity you have when you are born.

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Innate Immune Response

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A substance or microorganism introduced by inoculation

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Inoculum

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Cell organelles containing hydrolytic enzyme capsules used to break down proteins and carbohydrates to aid in intracellular digestion.

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Lysosome

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A monocyte that has left the circulation and settled and matured in a tissue such as the spleen, lymph nodes, alveoli, and tonsils.

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Macrophage

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A vector that simply conveys pathogens to a susceptible individual and is not essential to the development of the organism.

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Mechanical Vector

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The scientific study of microorganisms, that is, of bacteria, fungi, intracellular parasites, protozoans, viruses, and some worms.

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Microbiology

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Cell organelles of rod or oval shape that contain the enzymes for the aerobic stages of cell respiration and are the site of most ATP synthesis.

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Mitochondira

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Type of cell division of somatic cells in which each daughter cell contains the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

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Mitosis

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A mononuclear phagocytic white blood cell derived from myeloid stem cells that circulate in the bloodstream and act as the first line of defense in the inflammatory process.

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Monocytes

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The system of fixed macrophages and circulating monocytes that serve as phagocytes, engulfing foreign substances in a wide variety of immune responses.

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Mononuclear Phagocyte System (MPS)

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Linings of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, which are involved in absorption and secretion.

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Mucous Membranes

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