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Respiratory system has 2 parts

Upper


Lower

Upper respiratory system

head and neck


nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, epiglottis


Lower respiratory system

chest

Goblet cells produce

mucus that traps air borne dust/particles including microbes

Mucociliary escalator propels

mucus, trapped particles out of respiratory tract

(3) parts of the ear

inner, middle, external

Infection termed conjunctivitis

no resident bacteria

otitis medias

swelling of middle ear

itis

inflammation

laryngitis

swelling of larynx

pneumonitis

inflammation of lungs

pneumonia

alveoli fill with pus and fluid

causative agent of streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) is

Streptococcus pyogenes

streptokinase breaks

blood clots


one of the first things used for heart attacks

chorea


(rheumatic fever)

uncontrollable body movements

Carditis can lead to

chronic rheumatic heart disease

signs and symptoms of diphtheria

swelling of neck


formation of pseudomembrane on tonsils

diphtheria causative agent

corynebacterium diphtheria

diphtheria primary reservoir

humans

treatment for diphtheria

injection of antiserum

conjunctivitis

tears, redness, swollen eyelids, sensitivity to bright light, pus

sinusitis

facial pain, pressure; headache, malaise, thick green nasal discharge may develop

pathogenesis of conjunctivitis

likely from airborne respiratory droplets or contaminated hands

pathogenesis of otitis media

usually preceded by infection of nasal chamber and nasopharynx that spreads through eustachian tube

sinuses form around

8 years old

malaise

"I feel sick" feeling

Viral infections of upper respiratory system allow for

more serious bacterial infections

common cold reservoir(s?)

ONLY humans

Common cold needs how many virions to infect?

only a few

"death protein" (from adenoviral respiratory tract infections) cause

host cell lysis

Lower respiratory system infections

whooping cough, tuberculosis, Legionnaires' disease, lung infections

S. pneumonia accounts for about ______% of adult pneumonia patients requiring hospitalization

60

Mycoplasma pneumonia (walking pneumonia) is spread through

inhalation of infected droplets

mycoplasma pneumoniaelack cell walls which means

penicillins won't work (they prevent cell walls from forming

catarrhal stage in pertussis (whooping cough)

inflammation of mucous membranes

causative agent of pertussis (whooping cough)

bordetella pertussis

bordetella pertussis

tiny encapsulated aerobic gram negative rods

acid fast bacteria help with

TB


Leprosy

Tuberculosis easily killed by

pasteurization

Test for tuberculosis using

a skin test

Tuberculosis is becoming

very hard to treat

Legionnaries' disease loves

still water

Type ____ influenza is the most serious

A


B less


C lesser

Glycoprotein spikes projecting from the envelope (2)

hemagglutinin antigen (HA)


neuraminidase antigen (NA)

Antigenic drift in influenza

minor mutations in HA and NA genes, often of a single amino acid


responsible for seasonal influenza

Antigenic shift in influenza

uncommon, concurrent infection by different viruses allows mixture of 8 RNA segments


causes pandemic influenza

Animal strains of influenza can

infect humans

hantavirus pulmonary syndrome treatment

no treatment proven


disease is highly fatal