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Blood and Immunology Flashcards

1
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How much blood does an average man have?

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5L

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2
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How much blood does a new born baby have?

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350ml

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3
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Who has more blood males or females?

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Males

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4
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What are the functions of blood?

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Carry physiologically active compounds
Carry gas
Maintenance of ECG pH
Defence 
Clotting 
Thermoregulation
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5
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What % of plasma is water?

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95%

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6
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What % of plasma is not water?

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5%

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7
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What is plasma?

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The liquid part of blood

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8
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What 3 categories are plasma proteins divided into?

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Albumin
Globulin
Fibrinogen

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9
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What is the main plasma protein?

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Albumin

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10
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What is the general role of fibrinogen?

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Works to clot the blood

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11
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What is globulin subdivided into?

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Alpha
Beta
Gamma

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12
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What 2 forces if the movement of fluid between capillary and ISP subject to?

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Hydrostatic pressure

Colloid Oncotic Pressure

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13
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Where is pressure higher; inside or outside the vessel?

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Inside

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14
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What is hypoproteinaemia?

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When there is abnormally low levels of circulating plasma proteins

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15
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What is a common characteristic of hypoproteinaemia?

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Oedema due to loss of oncotic pressure

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16
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Where do all blood cells come from?

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Undiffentiated stem cells in the body

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17
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What is an uncommitted pluripotent cell?

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Still a stem cell

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18
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What is a committed prognitory cell?

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A multipotent stem cell that will become a blood cell but not entirely clear which exact type of blood cell it will become

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19
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Are platelets a cell?

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No - there are a vital for blood clotting but they aren’t cells in their own right

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20
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What is a myeloid cell?

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Anything that isn’t a lymphocyte

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21
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What is the more common name for erythrocytes?

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RBC

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22
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What is the most abundant blood cell?

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RBC

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23
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What is the cytoplasm of a RBC packed full of?

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Haemoglobin

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24
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What is haemoglobin?

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A gas transporter

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25
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What is oxyhaemoglobin bound to?

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Oxygen

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26
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What is the difference between oxyhaemoglobin and deoxyhaemoglobin?

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Oxyhaemoglobin is bound to oxygen

Deoxyhaemoglobin is not bound to oxygen

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27
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What is the name of the formation of RBC?

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Erythropoiesis

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28
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What is erythropoiesis controlled and accelerated by?

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Erythropoietin

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29
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When the kidneys become diseased what cannot be produced as easily?

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Erythropoiten

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30
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What do RBC not have?

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A nucleus

Mitochondria

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31
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Where does all the energy in RBC come from and why?

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Glycolysis

Because they don’t have mitochondria

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32
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What is a more common name for leukocytes?

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WBC

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33
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Are WBC nucleated?

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Yes

They do have a nucleus

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34
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What are WBC involved in?

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Immunity

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35
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What is the most abundant WBC?

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Neutrophils

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36
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Are neutrophils phagocytic?

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Yes

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37
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What is the half life of neutrophils?

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6 hours

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38
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How many neutrophils doe we produce a day?

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Around 100 million

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39
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What is our first line of defence WBC?

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Neutrophil

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40
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When do eosinophils divide rapidly?

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In response to an allergic response

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41
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What do eosonphils attack?

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Large pathogens

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42
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What do basophils release?

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Histamine

Heparin

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43
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What do basophils reduce?

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The viscosity of blood

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44
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What do monocytes become?

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Macrophages

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45
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What is the largest WBC?

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Monocytes

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46
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What are the 3 types of granulocytes?

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Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils

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47
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What are the 2 types of lymphocytes?

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B cells

T cells

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48
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What nature is a macrophage?

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Phagocytic

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49
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A macrophage is a matured?

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Monocyte

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50
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Where are macrophages found?

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Liver

Lungs

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51
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What type of immunity are lymphocytes part of?

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Adaptive immunity

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52
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What can lymphocytes produce?

A

Memory cells

Immunological memory

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53
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Why is an immunological memory created?

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To create a faster secondary response

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54
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What is leukopoiesis?

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WBC formation

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55
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What is WBC formation controlled by?

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Cocktail of cytokines

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56
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What do the cytokines stimulate in WBC formation?

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Mitosis and maturation of WBC

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57
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What are platelets?

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Membrane bound cell fragments

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58
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Are platelets nucleated?

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Rarely

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59
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What do platelets mediate?

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Clotting

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60
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What is the function of platelets?

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To adhere to damaged vessels and connective tissue and clot

61
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How much thicker is plasma than water?

62
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How much thicker is blood than water?

63
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What is the viscosity of blood dependent on?

A

Haematocrit
Temperature
Flow rate

64
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What is one of the key features of the immune system?

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The ability to recognise self and non-self

65
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What is a pathogen?

A

Anything that is going to cause harm or disease

66
Q

Give examples of pathogens?

A

Bateria
Viruses
Parasites
Fungi

67
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What are the 2 vital physical barriers in immunity?

A

Skin

Mucous membrane

68
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Which is a more important physical barrier skin or mucous membranes?

A

Mucous membranes

Because they cover such a large surface area

69
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What is mucous produced by?

A

Goblet cells

70
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What is the innate immune system?

A

Non-specific
First to come into play
Will mount the same response over and over again

71
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Does the innate immune system produce immunological memory?

72
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Does the adaptive immune system produce immunological memory?

73
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Is the adaptive immunity specific?

74
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What do B cells produce?

A

Plasma cells

75
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Which cell is known as the professional phagocyte?

A

Macrophages

76
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Describe phagocytosis

A

Macrophage encounters pathogen
Engulfs into cell in phagosome
Fuses with lysosome
Killing bacterium

77
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What can a phagocytic cell become?

A

An antigen presenting cell

78
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Where are macrophages found?

A

In the tissue

79
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What do macrophages produce to signal other WBC?

80
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What are the main cell to make up pus?

A

Neutrophils

81
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What do eosinophil help combat?

A

Parasitic infection

82
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What do mast cells release?

83
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Too much histamine casues what?

A

Harm to host

Amphipathic shock

84
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What is the function of a basophil?

A

Its function has never been proven

85
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What non cell components does the innate immune system compose of?

A

Growth inhibitors
Enzyme inhibitors
Lysins
COMPLEMENT PROTEINS

86
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How many complement proteins are there?

87
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What does the complement system bridge a gap between?

A

Innate and adaptive immune system

88
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What is the alternative and lectin complement pathway a mechanism of?

A

The innate immune system

89
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What is the classical complement pathway a mechanism of?

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The adaptive immune system

90
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What is the main aim of the complement system?

A

To make holes in the pathogen

Resulting in the loss of homeostasis

91
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What is the end product in the 3 complement protein pathways?

92
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What does C5 combine with to do?

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C6,7,8,9 to form a pore to punch into the cell

93
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What is the central event of the 3 complement pathways?

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The proteolysis of C3

94
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Why does MAC not affect our cells?

A

We have proteins that prevent the hole puncher

95
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How do viruses survive?

A

They use the hosts cell to reproduce and replicate

96
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Are viruses living or non living?

A

Don’t know

97
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What do NK cells deal with specifically?

A

Virus infected cells

Tumour infecte cells

98
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Do NK cells have receptors?

99
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How do NK cells work?

A

They secrete self destructive enzymes

Or perform MAC

100
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What are cytokines?

A

Signalling molecules

used by cells to Communicate with one another

101
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What does autocrine mean?

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Signalling to self

102
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What does paracrine mean?

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Signalling to nearby cell

103
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What does endocrine mean?

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Signalling to distant cell

104
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What would happen in the absence of inflammation?

A

Wounds and infections would never heal

105
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What are the 2 classifications of inflammation?

A

Chronic

Acute

106
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What forms the basis of our vaccines?

A

Adaptive immunity
Secondary response
Immunological memory

107
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What needs to happen for T cells to recognise an antigen?

A

It needs to be presented to them on an antigen presenting cell

108
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What are activated quicker memory cells or naive cells?

A

Memory cells

109
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What cell is responsible for Ab production?

A

Plasma cells

110
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What do B cells mature into?

A

Plasma cells

111
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What do B cells have on their surface?

A

An antibody

112
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What does the Ab on the surface of B cells do?

A

Recognise the specific antigen

113
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Who do B cells generally need help from?

114
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Which is more important to tolerize B or T cells?

115
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If T cells don not recognise our own antigens what does this prevent?

A

The B cells making Ab against our own antigens

116
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If the B cell does not receive conformation from the T cells what happens?

A

It will undergo apoptosis

117
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What is the Epitope?

A

The part of the antigen that the immune cell recognises

118
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What are the 2 types of light chains in mammals?

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Lambda and Kappa

119
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What are the 5 types of Ab?

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IgM
IgG
IgA
IgE
IgD
120
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What defines the class of Ab?

A

Heavy chain

121
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How many types of mammalian heavy chains are there?

122
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Can the class of antibody be altered?

A

Yes - to better handle the pathogen it is fighting

123
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What is the first Ab to be released?

124
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Why is the IgM Ab the first to be released?

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Because it has 10 binding sites - 5 of which are ready for immune response

125
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Why are Ab flexible?

A

So they can bind to all antigens on the surface

126
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Are all B cells T cell dependent?

A

No some are T cell dependent

Some are T cell independent

127
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Why is IgA found in the gut/

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Because there is no way to secrete Ab from the plasma into the gut

128
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What is the lymphatic system heavily involved in?

129
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Where do lymphatic vessels carry lymph?

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Away from the tissues

130
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what are the functions of the lymphatic system?

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To drain tissue

To absorb and transport fatty acids

131
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What fluid does the lymph system carry?

132
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What is the smallest area of the lymph system\?

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The lymph capillaries

133
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What do the lymph capillaries merge to form?

A

Lymph vessels

134
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What do lymph vessels merge to form?

A

Lymph trunks

135
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Where do lymphatic vessels occur?

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Practically everywhere that blood vessels occur

136
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Why does leaked out fluid from the blood need to reenter the blood stream?

A

To prevent blood pressure from dropping

137
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How is the lymphatic system carried back up to the heart?

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By muscles

138
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What does MCH I work with?

A

CD8+ cytotoxic cells

139
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What does MCH II work with?

A

CD4+ helper cells

140
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What is a primary lymphoid organ?

A

Places where blood cells are produced and receive their early training

141
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Give examples of primary lymphoid organs?

A

Bone marrow

Thymus

142
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Where are T cells educated?

143
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What is a secondary lymphoid organ?

A

Where lymphocytes are activated

144
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Where is erythropoietin mainly secreted?

A

By the peritubular capillary beds found in the kidneys

Also the hepatocytes of the liver

145
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Where do platelets not adhere to?

A

Healthy endothelium

146
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What is meant by haematocrit?

A

The % of blood made up by RBC

147
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What is larger WBC or RBC?

148
Q

Give examples of secondary lymphoid organs?

A

Spleen

Lymph nodes

149
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The section of the antibody that binds to the antigen is known as the what?

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