Pathogens
A pathogen that is non-living.
What is virus? (accept prion)
What is a requirement for viral replication.
What is a living host cell?
The first immunological barrier against disease.
What is skin?
The scientific name for “white blood cells”.
What is leukocytes?
Which of the following is not a phagocyte: neutrophil, mast cell, NK cell
What is NK cell?
The size of a bacteria is _____________ than a virus.
What is LARGER?
Name a disease that can be spread by a vector.
What is malaria? (accept zika or ebola)
A respiratory secretion that traps pathogens.
What is mucus?
When a localized area exhibits redness, swelling and heat, it is an indication that this has occurred.
What is inflammation?
Contains lysozyme and proteases which digest bacteria.
What is a lysosome?
Name 5 general types of pathogens.
What are
virus, bacteria, protist, fungi, parasitic worms,
prions
All viruses must have these 3 structures.
What are:
genetic material, protein capsid/core, glycoprotein spikes
A bodily defense that removes pathogens from the respiratory tract.
What is sneezing? (accept coughing)
Nonspecific defense cells that specialize in attacking cancer cells and virus-infected cells.
What are Natural Killer cells? (accept NK cells)
In phagocytosis, digested contents are eliminated by:
What is exocytosis?
Name 3 methods of disease transmission.
What are:
saliva, blood, urine, sneeze, cough, air, water
A viral structure acquired through a process called “budding”.
What is an envelope?
Saliva and sweat contain this enzyme that destroys bacteria.
What is lysozyme.
Cells responsible for initiating coagulation.
What are thrombocytes? (accept platelets)
Two locations in the body, that have permanent resident phagocytes.
What are the liver and the brain? (accept Kuppfer and microglia)
The primary cause of disease transmission.
What is population density?
Why do doctors suggest that people get a flu vaccine every year?
Because the Influenza virus mutates frequently.
The 3 components of the 1st line of immunological defense.
What are skin, mucus membranes and their secretions.
Cells that are active in BOTH the innate and adaptive immune response?
What are Natural Killer cells? (accept NK cells)
Phagocytes migrate to sites of infection by this process.
What is chemotaxis?