Vocab For Chap 5

Question 1

Bacteria

Answer 1

One celled microorganism that have both plant and animal characteristics

Question 2

Pathogenic

Answer 2

Harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infection in humans when they invade the body

Question 3

Cocci

Answer 3

Round shape bacteria that appear singly or in groups. The 3 types are staphylococci, streptococci, and diplococci

Question 4

Streptococci

Answer 4

Pus forming bacteria arranged in curved lines resembling a string of beads

Question 5

Diplococci

Answer 5

Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and cause diseases such as pneumonia

Question 6

Anticeptics

Answer 6

Chemical germicide formulated for use on skin

Question 7

Acquired immunity

Answer 7

Immunity that the body develops after overcoming a disease

Question 8

Blood borne pathogens

Answer 8

Disease causing microorganisms carried in the body by blood or body fluids

Question 9

Communicable

Answer 9

A disease that is spread from one person to another

Question 10

Efficiency

Answer 10

The ability to produce an effect

Question 11

Flagella

Answer 11

Slender hair like extensions used by bacilli and spirilla for locomotion

Question 12

Disinfection

Answer 12

Chemical process hat destroys most organisms on surfaces

Question 13

Material safety data sheet

Answer 13

Info compiled by the manufacturer about product safety, includes names of hazardous ingredients etc

Question 14

Local infection

Answer 14

Pimple or abscess on the body

Question 15

Mycobacterium fortuitium

Answer 15

A microscopic germ that is in tap water

Question 16

Parasite

Answer 16

Organism that grow and feed inside of another organism, they do not need an organism to survive

Question 17

Sterilization

Answer 17

Destroys all microbial life

Question 18

Sanitizing

Answer 18

A chemical process for reducing the number of disease causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level

Question 19

Spore

Answer 19

The ability of certain types of bacteria to form a hard keratin coating that will protect until it finds a more suitable environment

Question 20

Binary fission

Answer 20

The division of bacteria cells into two new cells called daughter cells

Question 21

Protoplasm

Answer 21

A colorless jelly like substance

Question 22

Quats

Answer 22

Disinfectant that are effective in the salon

Question 23

Phenolic disinfectant

Answer 23

Powerful tuberculocidal disinfectant, very high ph level

Question 24

Sodium hypochlorite

Answer 24

An effective disinfectant and is used on floors and countertops

Question 25

Treponema papallida

Answer 25

a spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause treponemal diseases such as syphilis

Question 26

Universal precautions

Answer 26

An approach to infection control to treat all human blood and certain body fluids as if they were known to be infectious for hiv, have, and other blood borne pathogens

Question 27

Ethyl alcohol

Answer 27

Volatile substance found in some salon products