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peristalsis
rythmic contracts
generally
fever, fatigue, toxicity, tachycardia, leucopenia, leucocytosis, increase in metabolic rate
body fluids, interferons, antibodies
chemical defenses
contaminate food, fomites, dirty hands, filth, droplet nuclei
indirect modes
indirect mode of transmission
spread through conveyers
what u see with inflamation
redness swelling pain and heat
bodys defence against organisms and infection
anatomical (mechanical) structural defence, chemical defense, physiological
droplet sprayyyy
most common mode of transmission
body responces cilia normal flora mucous membrane skin
anatomical (mechanical) structural defence
droplet nuclei
particles of dried secretions from mouth and nise that may float in the air for a conciderable amount of time over long distances
saliva pus sputum nasal tears blood feces urine sweat semen vaginal secretion
portal of exits
3 functions to inflammitory process
destroy irritation again and remove it and its products, limit the extension of infection, mechanism for repair and replacemnt of tissue
skin (a)
first line of defense against organisms
lysozymes
found in tears that will destroy the wall of gram positive bacteria
4 factors that influence occurance of an infection
immunity of host, proper portal of entry, virulence of organism, # of organisms
sweating phagocytosis lymphatic system, peristalsis, fever, inflamation
physiological defenses
direct mode of transmission
spread directly from person to person
interferons
protein found in the body that fights viruses
arthropod vector
insects
droplet spray
infectious microbes are casted off in a fine spray from mouth and nose during sneezing laughing and coughing
mouth nose urogenital tract skin placenta
portal of entry
direct contact, sexual, placental, droplet spray
direct modes
mechanical vector
arthropod that hold pathogen on feet and accidentally transmits to food or body part
mucouse membrane (a) and cilia
filters
biological vector
arthrod that bited person or animal that is infected, injest some of infectious blood then bites another person and transmits infection
fever
slows groth of organisms and increasing phagocytosis

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