Self Quiz for Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Promote Colonization of the Host
5. The Ability to Resist Innate Immune Defenses such as Phagocytosis and Complement. a. An Overview of Phagocytosis, the Complement Pathways, and Antibacterial Peptides
Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.
1. Describe unenhanced attachment as it relates to phagocytosis. (ans)
2. Describe enhanced attachment as it relates to phagocytosis. (ans)
3. Describe ingestion as it relates to phagocytosis. (ans)
4. Describe destruction as it relates to phagocytosis. (ans)
5. State 4 different body defense functions of the body's complement pathways. (ans)
Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.
Last updated: October, 2018
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