Embalming Micro(FSE-120-0901): MOD 3
A microbe's virulence is reduced, weakened, and diluted through a process known as?
Attenuation
Salmonella food poisoning comes from?
poultry
The natural habitat of a pathogen is?
reservoir
What is the most poisonous substance on Earth?
Botulinum toxin
Mixed
Caused by two or more organisms
Communicable
Transmitted between people
A/n ____________________ is toxin confined within the body of a bacterium and is released only when the bacterium is broken down?
endotoxin
The enzyme that Staphylococcus aureus uses to penetrate the body's connective tissue is?
hyaluronidase
COVID-19 is a ____________________ disease?
pandemic
The ability of a microbe to survive and produce disease is?
virulence
Why do children tend to contract more illnesses than adults?
They are born with immature immune systems.
The bacterium that causes bubonic plague is?
Yersinia pestis
An infection where microbes enter blood or lymph vessels and spread to other parts of the body is called a/n ___________________ infection?
focal
An inanimate object to which infectious material adheres and can be transmitted is a?
fomite
Proteins that respond to viruses, bind to receptors on uninfected cells, and cause the uninfected cells to produce antiviral enzymes are?
interferons
The proper term for "blood poisoning" is?
septicemia
The only disease that was eradicated and is no longer in the human population is?
smallpox
_________________ is when poisonous products of bacteria are distributed throughout the body.
toxemia
Why is Cytomegalovirus (CMV) a concern for an embalmer who is also pregnant?
CMV can pass through the placenta to the fetus.
Primary
Causes the initial illness
How was smallpox eradicated?
Controlling the human reservoir
The microbe of great concern that can cross the placenta is?
Cytomegalovirus
A human being's ability to ward off disease based on his or her ability to acquire immunity from natural characteristics they were born with is called adaptive immunity. True or False?
False
exogenous
Organism not present in the body
The pus from __________________ is blue.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
A microbe's virulence is generally a measure of its?
Strength and ability to spread disease
______________ immunity is a result of being sick once or getting a vaccination?
acquired
Proteins that are Y-shaped and either neutralize or destroy antigens are?
antibodies
An _________________ causes the body's immune system to respond?
antigen
An exogenous infection is caused by microbes that?
are not normally present in the body
Reducing a microbe's virulence by diluting or weakening it is?
attenuation
The most poisonous substance on Earth is _____________________?
botulinum toxin
Ebola is a ____________________ disease?
epidemic
Some bacteria use an enzyme that digests fibrin threads to better utilize blood as a nutrient. That enzyme is?
fibrinolysin
Diseases that are communicable from animal or animal products are?
zoonoses
General
An example is Septicemia
The mosquito that causes malaria is?
Anopheles mosquito
This vector is the primary spreader of Malaria?
Anopheles mosquito
Pus is only white in color? True or False?
False
