<span>a. spinal cord
Spinal Cord is the part of the nervous system responsible for connecting the brain to the body.
</span>The nervous system is divided into two groups. The Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Nervous System.
The Central Nervous System involves the Brain and the Spinal Cord. Its contains the integrative and control centers.
<span>The Peripheral Nervous System involves the cranial nerves and spinal nerves. It is composed of the communication lines between the Central Nervous System and the rest of the body.</span>
Answer:
Opportunistic, endogenous pathogen
Explanation:
Opportunistic infection is an infection that is caused by the microbes that are otherwise the component of one's own normal microbiota. Under particular conditions, the microbes become pathogenic and cause infection. The pathogen-derived from one's own microbiota is called endogenous pathogen.
According to the given information, <em>Candida albicans </em>is a part of the microflora of mouth but becomes pathogenic under certain conditions. In healthy individuals, they do not produce disease as their overgrowth is suppressed by other microbiota and other host resistance mechanisms. The infection occurs only in those individuals with predisposing factors such as weakened immune system or after consumption of antibacterial medications that disturb the normal microbiota and immune competency. This makes it an opportunistic, endogenous pathogen.
