A bite is a wound received from the mouth (and in particular, the teeth) of an animal. Animals may bite in self-defense, or in an attempt to predate food. Other bite attacks may be apparently unprovoked. A wound is a physical trauma where the skin is torn, cut or punctured. ... hi ... Types of teeth Molars are used for grinding up foods Carnassials are used for slicing food. ... Jump to: navigation, search Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...

Bite wounds raise a number of medical concerns for the physician or first aider including: See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... Physician examining a child The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor or layman can be trained to perform. ...

• Generalised tissue damage due to tearing and scratching.
• Serious hemorrhage if major blood vessels are pierced.
• Infection by bacteria or other pathogens.
• Introduction of venom into the wound.
• Introduction of other irritants into the wound, causing inflammation and itching.

Hemorrhage (alternate spelling is Haemorrhage) is the medical term referring to the presence of blood in the interstitial tissues. ... An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... A pathogen literally birth of pain from the Greek παθογένεια) is a biological agent that can cause disease to its host. ... It has been suggested that Snake poison be merged into this article or section. ... Inflammation is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation and may be referred to as the innate cascade. ... An itch (Latin: pruritus) is a sensation felt on an area of skin that makes a person or animal want to scratch it. ...

Examples

• Flea bites are responsible for the transmission of bubonic plague.
• Mosquito bites are responsible for the transmission of malaria.
• The bites of various animals may transmit rabies.
• The most frequent animal implicated in bite attacks that require medical treatment is Homo sapiens. Prior to antibiotics, serious human bites to the hand often resulted in amputation of a finger (in about 20% of cases).

Jump to: navigation, search of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, see flea (disambiguation) Families Tungidae - Sticktight and Chigoe fleas (Chiggers) Pulicidae - Common fleas Coptopsyllidae Vermipsyllidae - Carnivore fleas Rhopalopsyllidae - Marsupial fleas Hypsophthalmidae Stephanocircidae Pygiopsyllidae Hystrichopsyllidae - Rat and mouse fleas Leptopsyllidae - Bird and rabbit fleas Ischnopsyllidae - Bat fleas Ceratophyllidae Amphipsyllidae Malacopsyllidae Dolichopsyllidae... Jump to: navigation, search Bubonic plague is an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics or pandemics throughout history. ... Genera See text. ... Jump to: navigation, search Red blood cell infected with Malaria (Italian: bad air; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which in humans causes about 350-500 million infections and approximately 1. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...

See also

• Snake bite
• Spider bite
• Wilderness first aid

A snakebite is, of course, the bite of a snake, often a venomous one. ... Jump to: navigation, search Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, have eight legs and no wings. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into First aid. ...

External link

• Treating human bites