Across
- 5. and organisms potential to cause disease
- 7. the __ harbors a small but significant array of bacteria
- 8. class of bacterial exotoxins that disrupts the cell membrane of RBCs
- 11. cells that engulf and destroy host pathogens by means of enzymes and antimicrobial chemicals
- 12. organisms coming from somewhere within the same human host to cause infection
- 14. provides the baby with the necessary enzymes to digest milk
- 15. any characteristic or structure of the microbe that contributes to its ability to establish itself in the host and cause damage
Down
- 1. enzymes secreted by microbes that break down and inflict damage on tissues
- 2. normal __ are unlikely to be displaced by incoming microbes
- 3. a microbe whose relationship with its host is parasitic
- 4. deviation from health that results when cumulative effects of infection damage
- 6. microbes get PAST host defenses (enters tissues and multiples)
- 9. organisms coming in from outside of body
- 10. human cells have 21k __ encoding genes
- 13. patience causing disease when host defenses are compromised
