Ascomycota is another name for tubular fungi, which come in very different forms. They are found in almost all habitats and their range moves from being very useful (for making food such as bread, beer, wine, etc.) to being valuable and tasty edible fungi (such as truffles and morels) to causing serious infectious diseases, such … Ascomycota: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Trypanosomes are unicellular eukaryotic parasites equipped with a flagellum and are also classified as protozoa. Found worldwide, trypanosomes have slender cell bodies and are classified by the exit point of their flagella. Characteristic of these agents of some tropical diseases, such as sleeping sickness, is the obligatory host switching between an invertebrate vector and a … Trypanosomes: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
The inflammatory phase is one of the five phases in secondary fracture healing. It cleanses the fracture site of bacteria and calls upon immune cells to mediate bone reconstruction. An inadequate inflammatory phase delays fracture healing and can thus cause pseudarthrosis. What is the inflammatory phase? The inflammatory phase begins immediately after the actual fracture … Inflammatory Phase: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Staphylococcus capitis belong to the superordinate bacterial group of cocci and colonize human skin and mucous membranes of the nose as a communal. For healthy people, contact with Staphylococcus capitis is not tragic. Immunocompromised patients, however, may develop symptoms of poisoning and even endocarditis due to the contract of the bacteria to the interior of … Staphylococcus Capitis: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
The term intussusception is used in medicine to refer to any type of invagination. This includes invagination of intestinal segments in infants and young children, phagocytosis in the immune response, or invagination of the blastocyst in embryogenesis. In embryogenesis, invagination represents the onset of gastrulation. What is intussusception? A very early stage of embryogenesis is … Invagination: Function, Role & Diseases
Breast milk substitute or bottle feeding is the term used to describe artificial baby food intended to completely replace breast milk. With the current state of research, it is possible to bottle-feed an infant from birth and forgo breastfeeding. What is breast milk substitute? Artificially produced breast milk substitutes must be adapted to the age … Breast Milk Substitute: Applications & Health Benefits
Almost everyone knows skin blisters from minor burns or after wearing new shoes. If you know the causes for the development of a skin blister, it can be easily treated and in many cases even prevented in advance. What is a skin blister? A skin blister, also called a bulla, is a pathological skin condition … Blister (Bulla, Skin Blister): Causes, Treatment & Help
Cytotoxicity characterizes the degree of toxic effect of chemical substances and living cells on body cells. Through their influence, the human cell is damaged or even killed. In this process, many different processes lead to the destruction of body cells. What is cytotoxicity? Cytotoxicity characterizes the degree to which chemical substances and living cells have … Cytotoxicity: Function, Role & Diseases
The term mononuclear phagocyte system encompasses all body cells that are capable of phagocytosis and are thus part of the immune system. The cells are capable of taking up disease germs, cellular degradation products, and foreign particles, rendering them harmless, and transporting them away. Progenitor cells, which develop into phagocytosis-capable cells only after appropriate stimulation, … Mononuclear Phagocyte System: Function, Role & Diseases
Gene transfer refers to the artificial or natural transfer of foreign genetic material to a fertilized egg. More precisely, individual genes are transferred from a donor organism to a recipient organism. A distinction is made between horizontal and vertical gene transfer. Gene transfer can take place by transformation, conjugation or transfection. Technical methods are, for … Gene Transfer: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
During degranulation, vesicles located in a cell combine with its cell membrane to release increased secretions. This process is used by the immune system, among others, to fight pathogens with these secretions. Disturbances in degranulation can therefore also affect the immune system. What is degranulation? Medicine refers to degranulation as a biological process at the … Degranulation: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
”Nest protection” is the transfer of maternal immune cells to the baby, providing it with the mother’s immune system a few weeks after birth. During this time, the baby builds its first immune cells of its own. What is nest protection? ”Nest protection” is the transfer of maternal immune cells to the baby. This happens … Nest Protection: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
