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Test Bank for Alcamos Fundamentals of Microbiology 9th Edition by Pommerville Chap01, Chapter 1 Multiple Choice 1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for the empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”? A. Robert Hooke B. Zacharias Janssen C. Francesco Stalluti D. Giovanni Faber Ans: A 2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X. However, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because: A. he didn't...

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Test Bank for Alcamos Fundamentals of Microbiology 9th Edition by Pommerville Chap01, Chapter 1 Multiple Choice 1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for the empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”? A. Robert Hooke B. Zacharias Janssen C. Francesco Stalluti D. Giovanni Faber Ans: A 2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X. However, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because: A. he didn'...

Test Bank for Alcamos Fundamentals of Microbiology 9th Edition by Pommerville Chap01, Chapter 1 Multiple Choice 1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for the empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”? A. Robert Hooke B. Zacharias Janssen C. Francesco Stalluti D. Giovanni Faber Ans: A 2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X. However, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because: A. he didn'...

Define Health Correct Answer-complete physical, mental, and social well-being (not just the absence of disease) Define Community Correct Answer-- group usually in similar geographical area - have roles and relationships, and an awareness of their involvement in - share common beliefs/values - common needs and a commitment to meeting them Evolution of Health Theory Correct Answer-1. Miasma Phase - health & disease caused by pollution and bad air 2. Bacteriology Phase - disease...

b. Secondary chamber - ANSWER-afterburner; smaller than primary chamber; has a burner that burns gases, smoke and particulates; often referred to as afterburner chamber Classification of waste d. Type 4: - ANSWERhuman and animal remains; carcasses, organs, solid organic waste from hospitals, labs, abattoirs, and animal pounds. Classification of waste c. Type 1-3: - ANSWERrubbish, refuse, garbage . Heat: in cremation- - ANSWERheat initiate from a gas burner. Burner is used to raise the...

What characterized medicine before the late 19th century? Correct Answer-palliative and aggressive interventions what were some common medical interventions before the 19th? Correct Answer-blood letting vomitting enema who defined the four humors theory? when was it defined? what are the four humors? Correct Answer-Galon 150 A.D black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood letting contrast the treatment required by the "four humors" theory of disease and the germ theory of disease. ...

What characterized medicine before the late 19th century? Correct Answer-the four humors//paliative or aggressive What were some common medical interventions? Correct Answer-Palliative and aggressive interventions - non-curative but relieves symptoms, often did more harm than good; make you bleed, urinate, deficate Who defined the "four humors" theory and when was it defined? Correct Answer-Galen in 150 A.D What are the four humors? Correct Answer-black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and ...

Germ Theory of Disease - Correct Answer-idea that infectious diseases are caused by pathogens Early ideas about disease transmission - Correct Answer-punishment for sins, miasma, hexes/spells, spontaneous generation miasma - Correct Answer-a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor Louis Pasteur - Correct Answer-A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. -disproved spontaneous generation -vacc...

UTA Microbiology Exam 1 (Ch 1, 2, 3, 7); Questions and Answers % Correct Miasma Theory Correct answer-Theory that bad air caused illness. Leprosy in the Bible Correct answer-practice of quarantining people with leprosy suggesting that people understood that dz's could be communicable. Leprosy is communicable, it is also a dz that progresses slowly meaning that people were likely quarantined after they had already spread the dz to others.