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Mucus is typically used for trapping dust particles and bacteria, so where mucus itself is pretty sterile, there's all sorts of gunk attached to it.
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Is a flower sterile or non sterile?
the flower is sterile
If a sterile field becomes wet with sterile solution is the field no longer considered sterile?
If a sterile field becomes "contaminated" with a sterile solution, the field remains sterile.
How do you take the sterile gauze from sterile bin?
sterile gloves
How are cervical specimens collected?
The physician inserts a moistened, nonlubricated vaginal speculum. After the cervix is exposed, the physician removes the cervical mucus. Next, he or she inserts a sterile cotton-tipped swab into the endocervical canal and rotates the swab.
Is the stomach sterile?
No it's not sterile
What is the lining of the body cavities and passages that open to the outside contains mucus and cilia that trap microorganisms and other pathogens and prevent them from entering the body?
The only place that these membranes have cilia is the upper respiratory tract. This upper part is called the mucocillary escalator. It helps to keep the lower tract sterile and remove mucus. You swallow this mucus and microbes and the strong acid in the stomach kills them. There are other openings to the outside, the oral cavity, urogenital canals and the digestive tract at the anus. All have mucus membranes. These protect the underlining tissues and entrap microbes as well.
What word that rhymes with peril and means free of germs?
sterile
Why is it incorrect to say that an object is partially sterile?
This definition is only one or the other. Either sterile or non-sterile. There is no such thing as partially sterile.
What is the difference between mucus and mucous?
The word "mucus" is used with mucus membrane; mucus membrane secretes mucous.
Is more important for microscope slide to be sterile or clean?
Sterile is clean and clean is sterile, so both
Is mucous membranes sterile?
Are mucous membranes sterile
Should tracheostomy care be sterile or aseptic?
sterile
