Quiz 3 embalming microbiology

the pus from ______________ is blue.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

salmonella food poisoning comes from

poultry

the ability of microbes to survive and produce disease is

virulence

the most poisonous substance on earth is

botulinum toxin

the microbe of great concern that can cross the placenta is

cytomegalovirus

a/n ______________________ is a toxin confined within the body of bacterium and is released only when the bacterium is broken down.

endotoxin

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

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

the enzyme that Staphylococcus aureus uses to penetrate the body's connective tissue is

hyaluronidase

proteins that respond to viruses, bind to receptors on uninfected cells, and cause the uninfected cells to produce antiviral enzymes are

interferons

covid-19 is a ____________ disease.

pandemic

the natural habitat of a pathogen is

reservoir

the proper term to "blood poisoning" is

septicemia

the only disease that was eradicated and is no longer in the human population is

smallpox

diseases that are communicable from animal or animal products are

zoonoses

the mosquito that causes malaria is

Anopheles mosquito

An _________________ causes the body's immune system to respond.

Antigen

the bacterium that causes bubonic plague is

Yersinia pestis

____________ 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 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

_________________ is when poisonous products of bacteria are distributed throughout the body.

toxemia