Cell Organization and Microbiology Basics

What is the process in which bacteria establish and multiply on a surface?

What is the term used to describe a condition in which microbes get past host defenses and enter tissues?

What is the term used to describe any condition that deviates from health?

What is the term used to describe a microbe whose relationship with its host is parasitic and results in infection and disease?

What is the term used to describe an organism's potential to cause disease?

What is the term used to describe a pathologic state caused directly by microorganisms or their products?

What is the term used to describe patients who have a decreased ability to mount an immune defense?

What is the primary determinant of whether disease will result from an encounter between a microbe and a host?

What is the term used to describe infections caused by more than one microbe?

What is the term used to describe the condition in which microbes pass the host defenses, enter the tissues, and multiply?

What is the outcome when the infection damages tissues and organs?

What is the final step in the process of infection leading to disease?

What is the primary outcome of the recycling process in cells?

What is the primary purpose of a portal of entry in the transmission of disease?

What are the basic building blocks of macromolecules and organelles in a cell?

What is the term for organisms coming from outside the body?

Why might a pathogen not cause an infection if it enters the 'wrong' portal?

What is the term for organisms that can synthesize all cellular substances from minerals and a single organic carbon source?

What is the process by which cells obtain building blocks from the outside environment?

What is the function of cilia in the respiratory tract?

What is the term for the level of cell organization that includes membranes, cell wall, and organelles?

What is the role of tears in the eyes in relation to pathogens?

What is the result of adding building blocks to the metabolic pool?

What is the primary function of the intact skin in relation to pathogens?

What is the primary function of phagocytes in the immune system?

What is the mechanism used by Streptococcus and Staphylococcus to evade phagocytes?

What is the difference between nonspecific innate immunity and specific adaptive immunity?

Which of the following pathogens survives inside phagocytes after ingestion?

What is the role of phagocytes in adaptive immunity?

What is the function of the extracellular surface layer, slime or capsule, produced by some pathogens?