Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 5TMW
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Why is the tube emptying the bladder (the urethra) more likely to be a portal of exit than a portal of entry?
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Urinary bladder is a most important excretory system in the humans and other animals act as an exit port for excreting urine. The bladder acts as a reservoir for urine storage and emptying urine is affected through the urethra. The urethra is an opening orifice pore by which urine excreted through the urogenital tract.
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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Ch. 14 - Prob. 1EDCSCh. 14 - Prob. 8TMWCh. 14 - Prob. 1MCCh. 14 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14 - Prob. 3MCCh. 14 - The most frequent portal of entry for pathogens is...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5MCCh. 14 - Prob. 6MCCh. 14 - Prob. 7MCCh. 14 - Prob. 8MCCh. 14 - Prob. 9MCCh. 14 - Prob. 10MCCh. 14 - Which of the following statements is the best...Ch. 14 - Prob. 12MCCh. 14 - Prob. 13MCCh. 14 - Prob. 14MCCh. 14 - Prob. 15MCCh. 14 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 14 - Fill in the Blanks 2. Infections that may go...Ch. 14 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 5FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 6FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 7FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 8FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 9FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 10FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 1SACh. 14 - Prob. 2SACh. 14 - Prob. 3SACh. 14 - List Kochs four postulates, and describe...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5SACh. 14 - Prob. 6SACh. 14 - Describe the parenteral route of infection.Ch. 14 - In general, contrast transient microbiota with...Ch. 14 - Contrast the terms infection and morbidity.Ch. 14 - Prob. 10SACh. 14 - Each map below shows the locations (dots) of cases...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2VICh. 14 - Explain why Ellen H., a menopausal woman, may have...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2CTCh. 14 - A 27-year-old woman went to her doctors office...Ch. 14 - Over 30 children younger than three years of age...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5CTCh. 14 - Prob. 6CTCh. 14 - Corals are colonial marine animals that feed by...Ch. 14 - If a mutation occurred in Escherichia coli that...Ch. 14 - Using the following terms, fill in the following...
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