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32 Cards in this Set
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6 groups of microorganisms
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bacteria
viruses fungi protozoa worms arthropods |
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worms
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helminths
parasitic pathogenic to humans |
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2 classifications of helminths
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round worms
flatworms |
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roundworms
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pinwormms-fecal oral route
transmitted by ingesting hookworms enter through the feet |
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flatworms
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tapeworms-live in intestine
flukes leaf shape invade blood and organs |
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protozoa
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single celled
animal like microbes found everywhere in the nature soil and bodies of water how they move |
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4 types of protozoa
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amebas
ciliates flagellates sporozoa |
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fungi
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plant like organism
mushroom grows in the dark/moist enviorment |
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2 types of fungi
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yeast
mold-stalk and root |
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4 classifications of bacteria
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cocci
bacilli curved rods rickettsiae & chlamydiae |
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myotic infection
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caused by fungus
usually local athletes foot thrush ringworm-fungus not worm vagnitis |
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virus
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smallest infectious agent
not a cell consist of DNA & RNA parasite can not use antibiotics POISON |
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bacteria
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single celled organism
not plant/animal largest grp invading pathogen |
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bacteria damages the body two ways
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growingmultiplying
releasing posions |
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bacteria clinical characteristics
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cell wall
spores |
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bacilli
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long slender cigar appearance
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normal flora
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lives normally in body
does not cause disease under normal curcumstances prevents overgrowth of other organisms vit.k |
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aerobic
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needs oxygen
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anaerobic
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no oxygen
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systemic infection
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whole body
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local infections
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specific area
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disease
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failure of the body to function normally
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pathogen
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disease causing microorganism
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curved rods
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vibrio
sprillum spirochetes |
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vibrio
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slightly curved(resembles comma)
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sprillum
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long cells that curve/coils
resembles corkscrew |
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spirochetes
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highly coiled & capable of making/twisting motion
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parasite
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living host to grow
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arthropods
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animals w/jointed legs
ectoparasites(outside of skin) causes itching and discomfort lice, mites, (scabies) animal vector transmit disease |
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vector
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transfers a pathogen from one organism to another
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host
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person/organism that is infected by a pathogen
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cocci
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round
3 types diplococci- in pairs streptococci-chain staphylococci-punches of grapes/cluster |
