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9.17 Exam day 2
9.17 Exam study 2
Question | Answer |
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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. |