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Exam chapters 9-12

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Microbial Control   sterilization, disinfection, decontamination/sanitation, and antisepsis/degermation  
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Sanitation   destroys all microorganisms including viruses  
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Disinfection   physical process to destroy vegetative pathogens but not endospores  
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Decontamination/Sanitation   mechanically removes microorganism and debris to safe levels  
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Antisepsis/Degermation   reduces microbes on human skin  
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Bactericide   chemical that destroys bacteria but not endospores  
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Fungicide   kills fungal spores  
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Virucide   chemical that inactivates viruses, specially on living tissue  
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Sporicide   agent that destroys endospores  
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Germicide/Microbicide   kills microorganisms  
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Sepsis   growth of microorganism in the blood and tissues  
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Asepsis   practice prevents entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues  
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Aseptic Techniques   practiced in healthcare  
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Antiseptics   agents applied to exposed skin to prevent vegetative pathogens  
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Bacteristatic   prevents growth of bacteria on tissues or objects  
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Fungistatic   inhibits fungal growth  
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Microbistatic   controls microbes in the body  
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Cell Wall   chemical agents damage by blocking synthesis or digesting cell wall  
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Cytoplasmic Membrane   agents interrupt synthesis of proteins, inhibits proteins from growth and metabolism, prevents mutation multiplication  
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Proteins   agents denature protein, prevents protein interaction with chemical substrate  
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Boiling Water   disinfection of materials for babies, food, utensils, bedding, and clothing from sick room  
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Pasteurization   disinfection of beverages like milk, wine, beer, and other beverages  
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Steam Under Pressure   autoclaving, pure steam to pressures greater than 1 atmosphere to achieve sterilization  
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Incineration   intense heat reduces microbes and other substances to ashes and gas  
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Hot Air Oven   dry heat sterilization for destruction of endospores  
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Desiccation   dehydration at room temperature  
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Lyophilization   freezing and drying to preserve microorganism longer  
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Radiation   energy from atomic activities dispersed at high velocity through matter or space  
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Filtration   effective method to remove microbes from air and liquids  
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Osmotic Pressure   never a sterilizing technique  
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy   use of drugs to control infection  
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Chemotherapeutic Drug   any chemical used in treatment or relief of a disease  
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Prophylaxis   drug to prevent imminent infection of a person at risk  
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Antimicrobials   all-inclusive term for antimicrobial drug, regardless of origin  
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Antibiotics   naturally produced by microorganism that inhibit or destroy other microorganism  
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Semisynthetic Drug   chemically modified in the lab after isolation from natural sources  
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Synthetic Drugs   produced entirely by chemical reactions  
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Narrow Spectrum   limited, targets a specific group  
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Broad Spectrum   kills many different bacteria's  
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Minimum Inhibitory Concentration "MIC"   smallest concentration (highest dilution) of drug that visibly inhibits growth  
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Therapeutic Index   ranked drugs 1-10, compared.10-safe choice, the lower the number the more risky  
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Antimicrobial Drugs Goal   inhibit virus replication  
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Excellent Selective Toxicity   blocks synthesis of bacterial cell wall "ideal"  
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Drugs Toxic To Humans   act upon infective agent and host cell "cell membrane"  
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Chemotherapy Goals   identifying needs of a living cell and removing, disrupting, or interfering with requirements  
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Biofilms   harder to target, other drugs used along wit antibiotics  
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Quinine   principal malaria treatment  
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Anthelminthic Drug Therapy   blocking reproduction does not affect adult worms  
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Antiviral Drug Therapy   barring penetration, blocking transcription, and translation, preventing maturation  
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Drug Resistance   change in microbes that can tolerate drug needing a higher dose  
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Intrinsic   normal, naturally resistant  
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Reasons Of Resistancy   plasma transfer or mutations  
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Resistance "R" Factors   plasmids containing antibiotic resistance genes, transferred through conjugation, transformation, or transduction  
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New Approaches   using RNA interference, mimicking defense, and using bacteriophages  
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Probiotics   to improve intestinal biota with live microorganism  
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Prebiotics   nutrients that encourage growth of beneficial microbes  
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Fecal Transplants   to re-colonize colon  
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Allergy   heightened sensitivity to a drug, major problem  
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Biota   normal microbial colonies on a healthy body  
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Super Infections   when biota is destroyed and microbes double in numbers  
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Shotgun Approach   using broad spectrum antimicrobial therapy for minor infections  
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Human Microbiome   sum total of all microbes  
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Human Microbiome Project "HMP"   research characteristics of microbes on living tissue  
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Intestinal Biota   important for health and other diseases  
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Resident Biota   destroyed by immune system before they colonize, not harmful  
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Microbial Antagonism   resident biota is hostile to other microbes, unlikely to be displaced by incoming microbes  
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Pathogen   microbe, parasitic relationship causing infection and disease  
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Infections Disease   disruption of tissue or organ by microbes and their products  
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Pathogenicity   organisms potential to cause infection or disease  
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True Pathogens   capable of causing disease in healthy people with normal immune defenses  
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Opportunistic Pathogens   cause disease when hot's defenses are compromised, rare, only in unique circumstances  
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Virulence   anything a microbe has that gives it an advantage to cause disease  
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Portal Of Entry   route microbe takes to enter  
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Exogenous   outside source, another person  
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Endogenous   microbes on my own body  
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Infectious Dose "ID"   minimum number of microbes necessary to cause infection  
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Adhesion   microbes attach to tissues, is a key step  
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Phagocytes   main WBC engulfs and destroys pathogens  
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Antiphagocytic Factors   helps pathogens avoid phagocytes  
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Leukocidins   kill phagocytes outright  
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Exoenzymes   enzymes secreted by microbes  
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Toxin   secreted inside and sent outside cell  
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Exotoxins   proteins that target a specific cell with deadly effects  
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Neurotoxins   act on nervous system  
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Enterotoxins   act on intestines  
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Hemolysis   lyse red blood cells  
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Nephrotoxins   damage the kidneys  
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Necrosis   cell and tissue death  
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Sign   objective evidence of disease  
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Symptom   subjective evidence of disease  
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Syndrome   disease identified by signs and symptoms  
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inflammation   body defense process  
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Edema   accumulation of fluid in afflicted tissue  
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Granulomas And Abscesses   walled-off collections of inflammatory cells and microbes in tissue "WBC and microbes"  
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Lymphadenitis   swollen lymph nodes  
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Leukocytosis   increase in WBC levels  
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Leukopenia   decrease in WBC levels  
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Septicemia   microorganisms multiplying in large numbers in the blood  
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Bacteremia or Viremia   bacteria or viruses present in blood, not multiplying  
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Portal Of Exit   pathogen exit  
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Latency   dormant microbes in certain chronic infectious diseases  
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Sequelae   long-term or permanent damage to tissue or organs by infectious diseases  
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Incubation Period   time from intimal contact with infectious agent to the appearance of symptoms  
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Prodromal Stage   1-2 day period when earliest notable symptoms of infection appear  
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Period Of Invasion   infection multiplies at high levels, greatest toxicity, well established in tissues  
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Convalescent Period   patient begins to respond to infection and symptoms decline  
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Reservoir   primary habitat in natural world of a pathogen  
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Transmitter   individual or object from which an infection is acquired  
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Carrier   shelters pathogen without knowledge, spreads to others without notice, may not experience disease due to microbe  
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Zoonosis   indigenous infection to animals but naturally transmissible to humans ex. rabies "zoo means animals"  
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Communicable/Infectious   transmits infection from host to host  
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Contagious   highly communicable, especially through direct contact  
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Noncommunicable   person invaded by their own microbes  
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Asymptomatic, Subclinical, or Inapparent   infections that go unnoticed  
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Horizontal Transfer   from 1 person to another  
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Vertical Transfer   from mother to offspring  
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Biting Vectors   transmitted through infected saliva into the blood "mosquito"  
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Mechanical Vectors   body parts infected by physical contact with a source of pathogens "house fly"  
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Health-Care Associated/Nosocomial Infections   during hospital stay  
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Common Nosocomial Infections   urinary tract, surgical incisions, respiratory tract  
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Universal Precautions "UPs"   all treated with the same degree of care  
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Etiologic/Causative Agent   cause of infection and disease  
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Koch's Postulates   proofs that became standards in determining cause of disease  
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Epidemiology   study of frequency and where  
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Florence Nightingale "mid 1850's"   laid foundation of modern epidemiology  
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Reportable Or Notifiable Diseases   certain must be reported to authorities, others reported voluntarily  
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Prevalence   total number of existing cases  
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Incidence   number of new cases  
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Mortality Rate   total number of deaths in a population due to disease  
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Morbidity Rate   sick people and rate of people  
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Point Source Epidemic   infectious agent came from a single source  
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Common-Source Epidemic   all exposed over a period of time  
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Propagated Epidemic   communicable from person to person and sustained over time  
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Index Case   first case found in an epidemiological investigation  
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Endemic   standard existence in that location, constantly present  
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Sporadic   occasional cases reported at irregular intervals at random locales ex. ebola  
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Epidemic   increasing disease beyond what is expected by an epidemic or sporadic disease ex. flu  
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Pandemic   spread throughout every country  
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1st Line Of Defense   Skin  
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2nd Line Of Defense   WBC, phagocytes, and inflammation reactions of the body  
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3rd Line Of Defense   Acquired, must develop, and provides long term immunity  
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Physical Barrier   Skin  
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Chemical Barrier   enzymes; acid  
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Genetic Barrier   naturally due to genetic factors  
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Skin   flushing effect of sweat removes microbes  
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Mucous Membranes   impedes entry and attachment of bacteria  
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Respiratory Tract   triggers coughing to eject irritants  
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Genitourinary Tract   bladder emptying flushes urethra  
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Resident Microbiota   take away space and nutrient from microbes. cilia traps pathogens  
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Lysozyme   enzyme in tears and saliva  
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Physical Barrier   skin, mucous membranes, respiratory tract, genitourinary tract, and resident microbiota  
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Immunology   study of second and third line of defense  
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Markers   molecules on cell surfaces  
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Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPS)   markers different microbes have in common  
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Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs)   used by host cells in the second line of defense  
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Mononuclear Phagocyte Systems (MPS)   allows chemicals in the MPS and ECF to diffuse into blood and lymphatics  
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Lymphatic System   network of vessels, cells, and specialized accessory organs  
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Thymus   site of T cell maturation  
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Lymphatic Vessel   similar to thin-walled veins  
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Lymph Nodes   small, encapsulated, bean-shaped organs  
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Spleen   serves as a filter for blood instead of lymph  
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Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT)   bundle of lymphocytes on or beneath intestinal mucosa  
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Peyer's Patches   cluster of lymphocytes in small intestine  
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Whole Blood Contains   blood cells, plasma, and serum  
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Blood Cells   formed elements  
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Plasma   clear, yellowish fluid  
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Serum   Essentially same as plasma, clear fluid from clotted blood  
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Hematopoiesis   production of blood cells  
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Stem Cells   precursor of new blood cells maintained in bone marrow  
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White Blood Cells   leukocytes  
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Lymphocytes   cells responsible for immune function  
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Second Line Of Defense   generalized and nonspecific defenses support and interact with immune responses  
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Phagocytosis   ingest and eliminate microbes and dead cells  
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Neutrophils   react early in the inflammatory response to bacteria, foreign materials and damaged tissue  
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Monocytes   Macrophages, process foreign substances and prepare them for reactions with B and T lymphocytes  
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Histiocytes   live in a certain tissue and remain there during their lifespan  
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Phagocyte   eating cell  
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Inflammasomes   inside cytoplasm of phagocytic cells of innate immune system  
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Inflammatory Response   can be local or systemic, easily identifiable by a classic series of signs and symptoms  
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Rubor   redness by increased circulation and vasodilation in the injured tissue  
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Calor   warmth by heat given off by increased blood flow  
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Tumor   swelling by fluid escaping into the tissues  
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Dolor   pain by the stimulation of nerve endings, loss of function  
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Inflammation Functions   defensive reaction, and a means for the body to maintain stability and restore itself after injury  
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Cytokines   small active molecules secreted to regulate, stimulate, suppress, and control cell development, inflammation, and immunity  
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Chemotaxis   migration of cells in response to a specific chemical stimulus  
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Pus   accumulation of whitish mass of cells, liquefied cellular debris, and bacteria  
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Pyogenic   bacteria that stimulate the formation of pus  
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Fever   abnormally elevated body temperature, nearly universal symptom of infection  
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Pyrogens   substance that reset the hypothalamic thermostat to a higher setting  
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Exogenous Pyrogens   infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, protozoans, fungi, endotoxin, blood, blood products, and vaccines  
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Endogenous Pyrogens   liberated by monocytes, neutrophils, and macrophages during phagocytosis  
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Interferon   small protein produced naturally by certain white blood and tissue cells  
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Interferon Gamma   produced by T cells  
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