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What mechanism does the body use to exchange gases between the atmosphere and the blood, and the blood and the cells?
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Respiration (pg528)
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What three things are involved in respiration?
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Ventilation, Diffusion, and Perfusion (pg528)
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What is a pathogen?
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An infectious agent
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What is it called when a microorganism is present and grows but does not cause an infection?
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Colonization
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What are the two ways an infection could be?
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Infectious or communicable
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What does it mean to have a communicable infection?
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It can be transmitted from one person to another
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What does it mean to have an infectious infection?
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It does not pose a risk for transmission to another person
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What are the four infectious agents?
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Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa
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What are the two kinds of micro organisms that live on our skin?
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Resident organisms (normal flora) or transient microorganisms
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What does transient microorganism mean?
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When one person has contact with another persons microorganism or another objects microorganisms. They are readily transmitted and can multiply (possible illness)
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What general place can a pathogen survive?
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Reservoir
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What general place can a pathogen survive?
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Reservoir
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What general place can a pathogen survive?
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Reservoir
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What general place can a pathogen survive?
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Reservoir
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What are people called when they have a pathogen on or in their body but do not show symptoms of illness?
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Carriers
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What are people called when they have a pathogen on or in their body but do not show symptoms of illness?
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Carriers
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What are people called when they have a pathogen on or in their body but do not show symptoms of illness?
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Carriers
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What are people called when they have a pathogen on or in their body but do not show symptoms of illness?
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Carriers
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Skin, mucous membranes, respiratory tract, urinary tract, GI tract, and blood are examples of ________ of exit
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Portal
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Skin, mucous membranes, respiratory tract, urinary tract, GI tract, and blood are examples of ________ of exit
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Portal
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Skin, mucous membranes, respiratory tract, urinary tract, GI tract, and blood are examples of ________ of exit
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Portal
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Skin, mucous membranes, respiratory tract, urinary tract, GI tract, and blood are examples of ________ of exit
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Portal
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What are the four modes of transmission?
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Contact, airborne, vehicles, vector
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What are the four modes of transmission?
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Contact, airborne, vehicles, vector
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What are the four modes of transmission?
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Contact, airborne, vehicles, vector
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What are the four modes of transmission?
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Contact, airborne, vehicles, vector
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