Textbook Chapter 6

Question 1

Algae

Answer 1

Eukaryotic microorganisms that are widespread in fresh and marine waters

Question 2

Antiseptics

Answer 2

Antimicrobial chemicals designed to be used on living tissue such as 70% alcohol and iodine compounds

Question 3

Autoclaving

Answer 3

Sterilization by heat

Question 4

Disinfectants

Answer 4

Known to destroy microorganisms or their toxins on inanimate objects

Question 5

Endemis

Answer 5

Certain infections consistently occurring in a population

Question 6

Endospores

Answer 6

Latent form of bacteria with a coating that is highly resistant to heat and other adverse conditions

Question 7

Epidemics

Answer 7

Occur outside their normal geographic range or in higher than expected numbers

Question 8

Hyphae

Answer 8

Long filaments or strands of a fungus

Question 9

Infection

Answer 9

When microbe or parasite is able to reproduce in or on the body’s tissues

Question 10

Leukocytosis

Answer 10

Increase in WBC in the blood

Question 11

Leukopenia

Answer 11

Reduction in WBC in the blood

Question 12

Lymphadenopathy

Answer 12

Swelling of lymph nodes which can be secondary to bacterial, viral, or fungal infection

Question 13

Monocytosis

Answer 13

Abnormally high number of infection-fighting monocytes

Question 14

Neutropenia

Answer 14

Presence of abnormally few neutrophils in the blood, leading to increased susceptibility to infection. It is an undesirable side effect of some cancer treatments.

Question 15

Nosocomial

Answer 15

Infections that occurs in a health care facility

Question 16

Obligate

Answer 16

Cannot complete its life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host.

Question 17

Opportunistic

Answer 17

Illnesses that occur more frequently and are more severe in people with immunodeficiencies

Question 18

Pandemic

Answer 18

Widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time.

Question 19

Parasite

Answer 19

Organism that lives on or in a host and gets its food from or at the expense of its host

Question 20

Pathogens

Answer 20

Organism that causes disease

Question 21

Pili

Answer 21

(Fimbriae) tiny hair-like structures that aid in locomotion, usually found in bacteria (gram negative)

Question 22

Prions

Answer 22

Protein like agents that are transmitted by consumption of contaminated tissues such as muscle and brain or the use of donor tissues contaminated with the protein

Question 23

Septicemia

Answer 23

Blood poisoning by bacteria

Question 24

Sterilization

Answer 24

The complete destruction/removal of all microorganisms by exposure to heat

Question 25

Unicellular

Answer 25

Single cell