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(exam 1) ch 1 introduction to material
Microorganisms microbes,
Bacteria fungi protozoa microscop...,
3 examples of nonliving matter wh...
18  cards
(exam 1) ch 3 microscopy staining
What is light microscopy,
What is a compound light microscope,
In a compound microscope the imag...
32  cards
(exam 1) ch 4 prokaryotes and eukaryotes
What are 2 important differences ...,
What is morphology,
What is bacterial morphology
76  cards
(exam 1) ch 5 microbial metabolism
What is metabolism,
Why is metabolism necessary for life,
What are catabolic pathways
43  cards
(exam 1) chapter 6 microbial growth
What are two broad requirements f...,
What are three physical requirements,
What are five chemical requirements
80  cards
(exam 1) chapter 7 control of microbial growth
What does sepsis mean,
What does asepsis mean,
What does aseptic technique prevent
33  cards
(exam 1) chapter 8 microbial genetics
What is genetics,
What are chromosomes,
What do we know about bacterial c...
35  cards
(exam 2) chapter 13 Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
Why do many hospital microbes bec...,
What must viruses be grown in,
What are prions
55  cards
(exam 2) chapter 14 principles of disease and epidemiology
What is pathology,
What is etiology,
What is infection
94  cards
(exam 2) ch 21 Microbial diseases of the skin and eyes
What are the two primary parts,
What is the epidermis,
Keratin
103  cards
(exam 2) ch 15 microbial mechanisms of pathogenicity
What is the function of a capsule,
_________ is the ability to cause...,
Pathogenicity is ___________
103  cards
(exam 2) ch 16 Innate immunity: Nonspecific defenses of the host
What is susceptibility,
What is immunity,
What does the bodys first line of...
116  cards
(exam 2) ch 22 microbial diseases of the nervous system
What are the two main divisions o...,
What is the central nervous syste...,
What is the peripheral nervous sy...
87  cards
(exam 3) Ch 24 microbial diseases of the respiratory system
The nose pharynx middle ear and e...,
Saliva and tears protect what sur...,
The trachea bronchial tubes and a...
89  cards
(exam 3) ch 17 adaptive immunity: specific defenses of the host
________ immunity is defenses aga...,
________ immunity is resistance t...,
What are two ways that adaptive i...
81  cards
(exam 3) ch 18 Practical applications of immunology
A ________ is the suspension of o...,
What is the purpose of vaccines,
What is the most desirable method...
50  cards
(exam 3) ch 20 Antimicrobial drugs
What is selective toxicity,
___________ is the use of chemica...,
__________ is a substance produce...
50  cards

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