Ch 5: Key Terms

Question 1

Autoimmune

Answer 1

Immunity against self

Question 2

Antigen

Answer 2

Cell marker that causes a state of sensitivity to an antibody

Question 3

Hemolytic

Answer 3

Destroy’s cells

Question 4

Rheumatoid factor (abbreviation)

Answer 4

RF

Question 5

Urticaria

Answer 5

Hives

Question 6

Immunodeficiency

Answer 6

Lack of immunity

Question 7

Ptosis

Answer 7

Drooping eyelids

Question 8

Cytotoxic

Answer 8

Cell killing

Question 9

Anaphylaxis

Answer 9

Severe allergic reaction

Question 10

Diplopia

Answer 10

Double vision

Question 11

Allergy

Answer 11

The state when the immune response is too intense or hypersensitive to an environmental substance

Question 12

Steptococcal

Answer 12

Relating to the bacterial organism STREPTOCOCCUS

Question 13

Prophylactic

Answer 13

Something that works to prevent

Question 14

Bronchospasm

Answer 14

Muscular constriction of the bronchi of the respiratory tract

Question 15

Allergen

Answer 15

The environmental substance that causes a reaction

Question 16

Lymphocytes

Answer 16

Major cells of immune system; white blood cells

Question 17

Hypersensitivity disorder

Answer 17

The result of an overreaction of the immune system to an antigen

Question 18

Inflammation

Answer 18

A reaction that occurs in the blood vessels and tissues in response to an injury or irritation

Question 19

Acetylcholine

Answer 19

What myasthenia gravis disrupts the transmission of

Question 20

Isoimmune disorder

Answer 20

Hypersensitivity of one person to another person’s tissue

Question 21

Antigens

Answer 21

Located on red blood cells; give each type of cell a special identity

Question 22

Human immunodeficiency virus

Answer 22

The cause of AIDs

Question 23

Thymus, T-cells

Answer 23

When the ___ gland decreases, ____ also decreases