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9.17 Exam day 2
9.17 Exam study 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arthropods | makes up the largest group of living organisms, characterized by a jointed chitinous exoskeleton, segmented body, and jointed appendages associated with some or all of the segments |
| Helminthes | Worms with bilateral symmetry (includes the roundworms and flatworms |
| Etiology | Assignment or study of causes and origins of a disease |
| Chemotherapy | Use of chemical substances to treat various aspects of disease |
| Epidemiology | Study of factors and mechanisms involved in the spread of disease within a population |
| Study of Immunology | |
| Study of protozoans | Protozology |
| How do protozoans get their nutrition? | |
| What are protozoans | |
| Study of viruses | Virology |
| Viruses | Submicroscopic, parasite, acellular microorganism composed of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) core inside a protein coat. |
| study of fungi | Mycology |
| Benefit that we may derive from fungi? | |
| How do fungi get their nutrition? | |
| Fungi (Fungus) | Kingdom of mono-photosynthetic; eukaryotic organisms that absorbs nutrients from their environment |
| Study of algae | Phycology |
| Algae | Photosynthesis, eukaryotic organisms in the kingdoms Protista and Plantae |
| Study of bacteria | Bacteriology |
| bacteria | All prokaryotic organisms. When spelled with a capital B, it is the name of one of the 3 domains of living things; w/o nucleus. binary fission |
| Antibiotic | chemical substance produced by microorganisms that can prohibit the growth of or destroy other microorganisms. |
| Bacteriophage (phage) | Virus that also infect bacteria |
| Domain | New taxonomic category above the Kingdom level consisting of Achaea, bacteria and eukarya |
| Microbes | Organism studies with a microscope (includes viruses) |
| Prion | exceedingly small infectious particle consisting of protein w/o any nucleic acid. |
| Virod | Infectious RNA particle smaller than a virus and lacking a capsid, that causes various plant diseases. |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek (dutch lens grinder) | first person to see individual microorganisms invented the simple microscope ((100x-300x) |
| "True microscopes" | |
| Microscopy | technology of making very small things visible to the human eye. |