BIOLOGY
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Chapter 50, Problem 1A
You start a new job in a research lab. The lab protocols state that you should check your hands for any breaks in the skin before handling infectious agents. This is because the epidermis fights microbial infections by
a. making the surface of the skin acidic.
b. excreting lysozyme to attack bacteria.
c. producing mucus to trap microorganisms.
d. All of the choices are correct.
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You start a new job in a research lab. The lab protocols state that you should check your hands for any breaks in the skin before handling infectious agents. This is because the body’s outer layer fights microbial infections bya. making the surface of the skin acidic.b. excreting lysozyme to attack bacteria.c. producing mucus to trap microorganisms.d. All of above.
Toll-like receptors (TLRS) act to
A. cause phagocytic chemotaxis.
B. induce phagocytosis.
C. bind microbial proteins and polysaccharides.
D. destroy microbial cells.
You may select zero, one, or many answers.
Fever can indicate that
a. the pathogen remains on the skin
b. the body is responding to an infection.
c. a pathogen has been trapped by mucous.
d. the body has recovered from an infection.
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