Chapter 14 (Part 1)

What are pathogens?

• Microbes that help with digestion

• Microbes that cause disease

• Microbes that live harmlessly in the body

• Substances that strengthen the immune system

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What is pathology?

• The study of viruses

• The study of disease

• The study of bacteria

• The study of the immune system

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What does etiology refer to?

• The prevention of a disease

• The cause of a disease

• The treatment of a disease

• The spread of a disease

What does pathogenesis describe?

• How a disease develops

• How a disease is cured

• The symptoms of a disease

• The prevention of a disease

Which of the following best describes an infection?

• The presence of harmless microbes on the skin

• The invasion and colonization of the body by pathogenic microbes

• The immune system’s production of antibodies

What is a disease?

• A harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism
  

• When the immune system kills all microbes

• When the body completely recovers from infection

Answer explanation

When infection actually causes harm or changes your health

What is the human microbiome?

• Microbes that cause infectious diseases

• Microbes that naturally live in and on your body

• Microbes found only in the digestive system

• Microbes used in medical treatments

What are normal microbiota?

• Microbes that always live in and on the body and are usually helpful

• Microbes that only appear during illness

• Microbes that are always harmful

• Microbes that live only in the intestines

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What are transient microbiota?

• Microbes that permanently live in the body

• Microbes that temporarily visit and can sometimes be pathogens

• Microbes that help digest food

• Microbes that live in sterile body sites

What are opportunistic pathogens?

• Microbes that never cause disease

• Microbes that only cause disease when the body’s defenses are down or they enter the wrong place

• Microbes that protect against infection

• Microbes that always cause severe illness