Chapter 13

Question 1

third and final line of defense that we have within our
bodies and its adaptive immunity and it’s acquired only after we have been immunized in some way, from an infection or perhaps a vaccination

Answer 1

specific immunity

Question 2

ability to recognize a particular foreign agent

Answer 2

specificity

Question 3

Lymphocytes have been programmed in our body to remember their first engagement with a particular antigen.

Answer 3

memory

Question 4

will mature in certain bone marrow sites

Answer 4

b cells

Question 5

cells mature in the thymus

Answer 5

t cells

Question 6

general function is to produce antibodies which can inactivate,
neutralize, and target these foreign antigens.

Answer 6

b cells

Question 7

when they are activated, they help other immune cells, they can also suppress or kill abnormal cells, they can mediate hypersensitivity, and then they make cytokines, which also aid in that immune response.

Answer 7

t cells

Question 8

substances

that can elicit an immune response

Answer 8

immunogens

Question 9

include things like and enzymes, cell surface structures, and exotoxins.

Answer 9

proteins polypeptides

Question 10

often components of cell membranes.

Answer 10

lipoproteins

Question 11

can be blood cell markers.

Answer 11

glycoproteins

Question 12

DNA that are complexed with proteins. Pure DNA would not be recognized as foreign, as DNA is universally the same from organism to organism.

Answer 12

neucleoprtoeins

Question 13

certain bacterial capsules would be made up of this; lipopolysaccharides are other ones that would fall into this category.

Answer 13

polysaccharides