Topic 6.3 Defense Against Infectious Disease Survey 1

For each understanding, rate your knowledge on a scale of 1-5.
One means you are a novice; 5 means you are an expert.
Your knowledge should include processes and application of the understanding.
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  1. 6.3.U1 The skin and mucous membranes form a primary defense against pathogens that cause infectious disease.*
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  1. 6.3.U2 Cuts in the skin are sealed by blood clotting.*
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  1. 6.3.U3 Clotting factors are released from platelets.*
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  1. 6.3.U4 The cascade results in the rapid conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin by thrombin.*
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  1. 6.3.U5 Ingestion of pathogens by phagocytic white blood cells gives non-specific immunity to diseases.*
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  1. 6.3.U6 Production of antibodies by lymphocytes in response to particular pathogens gives specific immunity.*
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  1. 6.6U7 Antibiotics block processes that occur in prokaryotic cells but not in eukaryotic cells.*
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  1. 6.3.U8 Viruses lack a metabolism and cannot therefore be treated with antibiotics.*
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  1. 6.3.U9 Some strains of bacteria have evolved with genes that confer resistance to antibiotics and some strains of bacteria have multiple resistance.*
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Linda Kilch