List the systemic responses to infection or injury and the mediators responsible for them?

As an illustration, a patient undergoing a laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) procedure under general anesthesia might be happier not to know the numbers of portals of entry for potential transmission of pathogenic microbes to which she will be subjected. The anesthesia provider would be accessing the patients airway and vascular system by an IV line. Which portals of entry will the surgeon be accessing?

______ are barriers to pathogens at body surfaces. a. Intact skin and mucous membranes b. Tears, saliva, and gastric fluid c. Resident bacteria d. All are correct