Question

When the intestines rupture and allow digestive microorganisms to enter the abdominal cavity, causing infection, it is an example of normal flora becoming pathogens because they have entered a part of the body that they: (1 point) Responses improve the health of. improve the health of. don’t normally inhabit. don’t normally inhabit. regularly inhabit. regularly inhabit. need to inhabit to grow.

Answer 1

The correct response is "don’t normally inhabit." When digestive microorganisms from the intestines enter the abdominal cavity due to a rupture, they are in a location where they typically do not reside, allowing them to become pathogenic and cause infection.