For Each Item Listed Below, Select a Sterilant That You

question 43

Essay

For each item listed below, select a sterilant that you feel is the most suitable and effective for that item.Discuss why you selected each sterilant.
A) plastic Petri dishes to be used for nutrient media
B) glass tubes of bacterial cultures to be discarded
C) sterile milk
D) dozens of reusable glass pipets
E) bone tissue for grafting
F) room air
G) hospital mattresses
H) biopsy tissue for histology analysis
I) plastic respiratory therapy equipment and arthroscopes
J) vaccines

• A) plastic Petri dishes to be used for nutrient media
• B) glass tubes of bacterial cultures to be discarded
• C) sterile milk
• D) dozens of reusable glass pipets
• E) bone tissue for grafting
• F) room air
• G) hospital mattresses
• H) biopsy tissue for histology analysis
• I) plastic respiratory therapy equipment and arthroscopes
• J) vaccines

Familiarize with Weber's Law and its application in understanding sensory thresholds.

Recognize the importance of absolute and difference thresholds in sensory perception.

Describe the path of visual information in the brain and the significance of the thalamus in sensory information processing.

Understand the principles of color vision, including the trichromatic theory and the role of cones in detecting color.

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Definitions:

Gap Junction

Small channel between cells that allows the passage of ions and small molecules between cells; provides means of intercellular communication.

Hemidesmosomes

Structures that anchor cells to the underlying basement membrane, facilitating cell stability and structural integrity.

Tight Junction

Cell junctions in epithelial or endothelial cellular sheets that prevent the passage of molecules and ions between the cells.

Secretory Function

The process by which cells and glands produce and release substances such as enzymes, hormones, or sweat.