1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Flura [38]
2 years ago
15

Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, is a bacteria that is commonly found in the nose and on the skin of humans. While it is typical

ly not harmful to humans, it is sometimes able to enter the body through an injury or broken skin, and get into the bloodstream. When this happens, it can cause a serious infection called sepsis. Sepsis can cause an individual to go into shock and bodily organs to stop functioning. Symptoms of sepsis include inflammation, fever or hypothermia, increased heart rate, and rapid breathing.
A microscopic image of staphylococcus aureus is shown.

Which immune system component initially results in the inflammation and responds quickly when Staphylococcus aureus enters the bloodstream?
complement system
phagocytes
Langerhans cells
B lymphocytes
Biology
1 answer:
aleksandr82 [10.1K]2 years ago
4 0

The complement system will work first in the given scenario of Staphylococcus aureus infection, i.e., option A.

<h3>What is a complement system?</h3>

The complement system, also known as the complement cascade, is an immune system component that improves (complements) antibodies' and phagocytic cells' ability to clear microbes and damaged cells from an organism, promote inflammation, and attack the pathogen's cell membrane.

In the given scenario, when Staphylococcus aureus enter the body through an injury or broken skin, and get into the bloodstream then the complement system initiate the phagocytosis.

Thus, the correct option is A.

For more details regarding Staphylococcus aureus, visit:

brainly.com/question/15083271

#SPJ1

You might be interested in
Select the correct answer.
NISA [10]

Answer:

D is the correct a answer।

5 0
2 years ago
How are freshwater environments, such as rivers and lakes, being impacted by human activity
Rama09 [41]

Answer:

they are being impacted negativily and this is what they are being impacted by industrial dumping, pesticides, and agricultiural fertilizer can end up in rivers, lakes, streams, etc.  

Explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
List 5 factors that can change the flow of water through an ecosystem: As land is
postnew [5]

Explanation:

5 factors are:

1). habitat change, 4 native species, (can not survive or reproduce 2 repopulate the area).

2).physical modifications of h20, or rivers.( dam's, rivers, changing h2o flow. critical 4 native fish, water fowl, microbes that eat harmful bacteria.

3).species that are not born 2 the area

4). pollution, due 2 human modification..

5). climate change, because of human modification..

hope this helps..

8 0
2 years ago
A disorder in which the immune system is overly sensitive to a substance not normally found in the body is called
Tamiku [17]
Allergies, I believe.
6 0
3 years ago
Help me !! How did i figure out what scale to write on the y-axis of my graph ? please help !!!!!
attashe74 [19]

I think you counted up and down.

7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Why is it important for each cell to be surrounded by a cell membrane that prevents large molecules from leaving the cell?
    15·1 answer
  • Insects often act as pollinators for plants. In turn plants provide these insects with food. What kind of a relationship exists
    14·2 answers
  • A geneticist has devised a strategy to study protein translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in yeast cells. She is in
    14·1 answer
  • What is a group of tissue that work together to do a specific job?
    13·1 answer
  • Which biological macromolecule is made up of monomers like the one shown below?
    14·1 answer
  • Which describes the double-loop system but not the single-loop system?
    13·2 answers
  • To survive, an organism must be able to maintain stable internal conditions in a changing environment. This process is called ho
    12·1 answer
  • What part of a cell contains the information that an animal cell uses for growth and activities.
    11·2 answers
  • Match each sentence part to the question it answer ?
    6·1 answer
  • Essay help please? Animal systems class
    13·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!