Blood, Lymph, And Immune Systems

Question 1

Antibody (Ab)

Answer 1

Protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to the presence of a foreign substance called an antigen

Question 2

Antigen

Answer 2

Substance, recognized as harmful to the host, that stimulates formation of
Antibodies in an immunocompetent individual

Question 3

Bile pigment

Answer 3

Substance derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin and excreted by the liver

Question 4

Cytokine

Answer 4

Chemical substance produced by certain cells that initiates, inhibits, increases, or decreases activity in other cells

Question 5

Immunocompetent

Answer 5

Ability to develop an immune response or recognize antigens and respond to them

Question 6

Natural killer NK cells

Answer 6

Specialized lymphocytes that kill abnormal cells by releasing chemicals that destroy the cell
Membrane causing its intercellular fluids to leak out