Host- Microbe Interactions

question 30

Multiple Choice

Host- microbe interactions

• A) are generally commensal.
• B) are always harmful.
• C) involve a dynamic give- and- take between the microbe and the host.
• D) do not involve host factors.
• E) never result in the normal species of the microbiota causing disease.

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Definitions:

Obturator Foramen

The obturator foramen is a large opening in the pelvic bone through which nerves and blood vessels pass.

Bony Features

Characteristics or structures formed by bone, such as projections, depressions, and openings, that serve as sites for muscle attachment or passages for nerves and blood vessels.

Sella Turcica

A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone at the base of the human skull that houses the pituitary gland.

Sphenoid Bone

A butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that is connected to all other skull bones.