Clean your Bacterial Plates, Dear. I got a Virus, and the only prescription is more cowbell “Your Disease Is Killing Me” Grab bag I am immune to your antics 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500
This Kingdom contains organisms with a cell wall without peptidoglycan in them. 100
Archaebacteria 100
List three roles of bacteria in the environment. 200
Producers 2. decomposers 3. nitrogen fixation 4 Producers 2. decomposers 3. nitrogen fixation 4. symbiotic relationships with organisms (E. coli in our gut) 200
What are the two ways bacteria cause disease in your body? 300
1. Using your tissues as food 2 1. Using your tissues as food 2. secreting toxins in your body (can travel) 300
What is the FULL morphological description of this bacteria? 400
Staphylococcus 2. Gram positive 400
What are the two functions of pili on a prokaryote? 500
1. Anchor the cell 2. exchange DNA through conjugation 500
What are the two required structures of a virus? 100
Genetic material and a capsid What else can it have? 100
What do retroviruses contain that other RNA viruses lack? 200
Reverse transcriptase 200
Why are viruses considered to be a non-living parasite? 300
They hijack a host cell for reproduction They hijack a host cell for reproduction. They cannot replicate on their own- the host cell’s enzymes do the work for them. 300
What are two ways viral DNA enters the host cell? 400
Being injected (like a bacteriophage) Surface antigen tricks the cell into letting it inside 400
How does HIV lead to AIDS? 500
HIV destroys your Helper T-cells which makes your immune system ineffective. 500
What is disease? 100
Condition in which the body is functioning abnormally. 100
What are 4 things that cause disease? 200
Diet 2. genetics 3. toxins/poisons 4. pathogens 200
Which of the following illnesses are NOT bacterial? Tetanus Herpes Staph infection Tuberculosis Malaria Lyme Disease 300
Herpes, Malaria 300
This man accidentally discovered that a species of mold that grows on fruit has bacteria-killing properties. 400
Alexander Fleming 400
This doctor proposed that sterilizing surgical rooms, tools, and wounds will decrease mortality rate after a surgery. His patients ended up having a 90% chance of living as opposed to 50% by other skilled doctors. 500
Dr. Joseph Lister 500
An immune response to environmental particles (not bacteria and viruses) is called this. 100
allergies 100
How does a vaccine protect you from future infections? 200
your body forms an immune response and “stores” that information in a memory B cell 200
How do antibiotic fight viruses? 300
THEY DON’T In bacteria they stop them from dividing OR break down their cell wall. 300
What are the results of your second line of defense? 400
Fever, inflammation/swelling, heat, pain 400
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s immune system attacks what part of the body? 500
Joints 500
What are the 6 non-specific defenses in the first line of defense? 100
Skin Hair Mucus Sweat Tears Saliva 100
This type of immunity produces antibodies and fights pathogens that have not yet invaded your cells. 200
Humoral immunity 200
What is the general term for the following cell types? Phagocytes Macrophage B lymphycotes Killer T cells Plasma cells 300
ALL are White Blood Cells 300
Which immune cell is the first to encounter a pathogen in specific defense? 400
Macrophage- displays the antigens 400
How would you describe the shape of the antigen binding site on an antibody? 500
complementary 500