Question

T/F the respiratory tract has multiple systems to help protect against airborne diseases. which of the following summarizes some of these systems?

Answer 1

A mucociliary blanket to remove contaminants, secretion of lysozyme and other antimicrobial chemicals, and alveolar macrophages helps protect against airborne diseases.


Respiratory aerosols spread airborne infectious disease within infected individuals and between the infected individuals and their environment
Airborne diseases are caused by pathogenic microbes small enough to be discharged from an infected person via coughing, sneezing, laughing and close personal contact or aerosolization of the microbe. The discharged microbes remain suspended in the air on dust particles, respiratory and water droplets.
Some of the common pathogens that may spread via airborne transmission are:
Anthrax.
Aspergillosis.
Blastomycosis.
Chickenpox.
Adenovirus.
Enteroviruses.

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