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1. Saprophytes
- ANSWER free-living organisms obtaining their growth from dead
or decaying organic material from the environment
2. Saprophytes ex
- ANSWER mushrooms, molds, fungi.
3. Mutualism
- ANSWER an interaction in which the microorganism and the host
both derive benefits from the interaction.
4. Commensalism
- ANSWER an interaction in which colonizing bacteria acquire
nutritional needs and shelter but the host body not affected.
5. Commensalism ex
- ANSWER a spider may build a web on a plant and benefit
substantially, while the plant remains unaffected.
6. What is the definition of stress as defined by Selye - ANSWER A state
manifested by a specific syndrome of the body developed in response to
any stimuli that made an intense systemic demand on it.
7. Adaptation - ANSWER The ability to respond to challenges of physical or
psychological homeostasis and to return to a balanced state
, 8. Homeostasis - ANSWER the purposeful maintenance of a stable internal
environment
9. 3 stages of general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWER alarm, resistance,
exhaustion
10.Host - ANSWER any organism capable of supporting the nutritional and
physical growth requirements of another organism
11.Infectious disease - ANSWER result from the interaction of an agent, a
susceptible host, and environmental conditions that promote infection
12.Colonization - ANSWER presence and multiplication of a living organism
on or within the host
13.Microflora - ANSWER bacteria inhabiting exposed surfaces of the body
ie: normal intestinal flora
14.Prions - ANSWER protein particles that can transmit infection by self-
propagating
15.Allostasis - ANSWER term used to describe the process by which the
body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis