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| The study of small living organisms called microbes, such as bacteria. |
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| nondisease producing bacteria |
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| Disease-producing bacteria |
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spherical (round) shaped bacterial cells, which appear singularly or in groups.
C= circle and cocci |
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| pus-forming bacterial cells that form grapelike bunches or clusters and are present in abscesses, pustules and boils. |
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| Also pus-forming bacterial cells that form in long chains and can cause septisemia (bloodpoisoning), strep throat, rheumatic fever, and other serious infections. |
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Bacterial cells that grow in pairs and are the cause of certain infections, including pneumonia.
Diplo means double. |
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Most common bacterial cells.
Are bar/pill or rod-shaped cells that can produce a variety of diseases including tetanus, bacteria influenza, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and diphtheria.
B= Bacilli bar |
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Spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells that cause highly contagious disease such as syphilis, cholera and lyme disease.
S= Sprial Spirilla |
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| Bacteria reproduce and grow rapidly. |
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| When conditions become unfavorable, bacteria cells die or become inactive. |
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| Are sub-microscopic particles(much samaller than bacteria) that cause familiar diseases. |
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| Is a highly infectious disease that infects the liver. Personal service workers (PSWs) such as nurses, doctors, teachers, and cosmetologists, are asked to take precautions against HBV, which is a vaccine-preventable disease. |
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| Are organisms that live on or obtain their nutrients from another organism such as fungi, ringworm, scabies, and head lice. |
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| The bodies ability to destroy infectious agents. |
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Efforts to prevent the spread of disease.
Divided up into three main categories: Sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization. |
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| To removed dirt and debris. |
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| To kill bacteria. (quats) |
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| To kill all microbes when the skin is punctured. |
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| Basic units of living matter (life). |
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| Control center, of cells activities. |
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| Production department of the cell, where most of the cells activities take place. |
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| Outer surface of the cell, which encloses the protoplasm. |
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| The chemical process in which cells receive nutrients (food) for cell growth and reproduction. |
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| The process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones. During this phase, the body stores water, food and oxygen for the times when they are needed by the body. |
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| The process of breaking down larger molecules of substances into smaller ones. This phase causes a release of energy within the cell, necessary for the performance of specific body functions, including muscular movements and digestion. |
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| Gropus of the same kind of cells. |
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| Covers and protects body surfaces and internal organs. |
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| Supports, protects, and holds the body together. |
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| Coordinates body functions in addition to carrying messages to and from the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Contracts when stimulated to produce motion. |
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| Carries food, waste products and hormones. |
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| Are separate body structures that perform specific functions. They are composed of two or more separate tissues. |
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| A group of body structures and/or organs that together perform one of more vital function for the body. |
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| Provides framework for the body |
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| Circulates blood through the body |
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| Sends and recieves body messages |
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| Supplies food to the body |
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| Eliminates waste from the body |
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| Controls breathing of the body |
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| Controls growth and general health and reproduction of the body |
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| Allows living organisms to procreate others of its kind |
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| Controls the Sebaceous (oil) and sudoriferous (sweat) glands |
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| Controls the circulation of blood and lymph through the body. |
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| Is responsible for the circulation of blood, includes the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries |
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| Responsible for the circulation of lymph through lymph glands, nodes and vessels. |
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| Looks at how you do your work, what body movemnets, positions, tools, and equipment you should use and the effect all these things have on your and your clients health and comfort. |
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| Anything that occupies space |
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pH Scale
(potential hydrogen) |
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| Scale ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral. acidic0, neutral7, or alkaline14 |
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| A form of energy that produces light, heat, magnetic and chemical changes. |
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| The movement of electricity along a path called a conductor. |
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| The technical term for any electrically powered appliance. |
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| A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily. |
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| Material that does not allow the flow of electric current. |
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| A unit of electric strength |
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| A unit of electric pressure |
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| A unit of electric resistance |
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| Measurement of how much electrical energy is being used. |
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| The application of electrical currents during treatments to the skin. |
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| Electrons move at an even rate and flow in only one direction ---> |
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| Electrons move flow first in one direction and then in the other <---> |
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