Terminology

Question 1

What is the invasion of the human body by pathogenic microorganisms known as?

Answer 1

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Question 2

What is the term for organisms so small they are invisible to the naked eye and can only be seen with a microscope?

Answer 2

MICROORGANISMS
aka
MICROBE

Question 3

TRUE or FALSE

Microorganisms can be pathogens or non-pathogens.

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

What is the term for the presence and multiplication within a host of another living organism with subsequent injury to the host?

Answer 4

INFECTION

Question 5

What is the term for the ability of an organism to enter, multiply, and survive in a host?

Answer 5

INFECTIVITY

Question 6

What is the term for any organism capable of supporting the nutritional and physical growth req of another organism?

Answer 6

HOST

human in the case of our class

Question 7

What is the term for the act of establishing a presence within a host?

Answer 7

COLONIZATION

Question 8

What is the term for the disease producing potential of an invading organism?

Answer 8

VIRULENCE

Question 9

What is the term for an organism so virulent that it is rarely found in the absence of disease?

Answer 9

PATHOGEN

Question 10

What is the term for a multitude of non harmful bacteria inhabiting the internal and external exposed surfaces of the human body?

Answer 10

MICROFLORA

Question 11

What is the term for free living organisms that obtain nutrition from dead or decaying organic materials in the environment?

Answer 11

SAPROPHYTES

Question 12

What is the term for an organism which produces an infectious disease only when the health and immunity of the host have been severely compromised?

Answer 12

OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN