General Question
Bacteria
Microbial Control & Asepsis
Definitions
General Questions 2
100
The smallest organisms are called ______
Viruses
100
Bacteia that are permanent and beneficial residents in the human body are called?
Normal Flora
100
The term that defines freedom from infection or infectious material.
Asepis
100
A technique for destroying microorganisms
Sterilization
100
A microbe that grows and lives in the absence of oxygen is what?
Anaerobe
200
Microbes that can grow either with or without oxygen are called ?
Facultative Anaerobes
200
Spiral-shape bacteria are _____
Spirilla
200
The most important aseptic procedure for a medical assistant is ___________
Aseptic Hand Washing
200
The process of removing or killing pathogens is ____
Disinfection
200
A potent toxin that is secreted or excrete by living microorganisms as the result of bacterial metabolism is what ?
Exotoxin
300
Malaria is a disease that is carried by ?
Mosquitoes
300
If a virus has a bacterial host, itis called ?
Bacteriophage
300
Hepatitis affects what body system
Gastro-Intestinal System
300
An organism that live in, on, or at the expense of another organism without contributing to the host's survival.
Parasite
300
Rod-shaped bacteria are called _____
Bacilli
400
Which of the following microorganisms is a grape-like cluster?
Staphylococci
400
A substance that inhibits the growth of bacteria is said to be ?
Bacteriostatic
400
Rhinoviruses (Causative Organism) causes what disease of the respiratory system ?
Common Cold
400
Disease-causing microorganisms are ?
Pathogens
400
A virus that exist outside a host cell is _______
Viron
500
The normal flora (lactobacillus) is normally foud in what body part ?
Genital Tract
500
The bacterium Escherichia coli can cause _______
Urinary Infections
500
The Epstein-Barr virus causes what disease?
Mononucleosis
500
A carrier of pathogenic organisms, especially one that can transmit a disease.
Vector
500
The normal flora (Candida Albicans) is found in what body part?
Intestines
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