Chapter 14

Question 1

Adenoids

Answer 1

Mass of lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx

Question 2

Antibody

Answer 2

Protein produced by B cells to destroy antigens

Question 3

Antigen

Answer 3

Substances the body recognizes as foreign; invokes an immune response

Question 4

B cell (B lymphocyte)

Answer 4

Lymphocyte that matures into a plasma cell to secrete antibodies

Question 5

Cell mediated immunity

Answer 5

T cells respond to antigens and kill them;A type of adaptive immunity

Question 6

Complement system

Answer 6

Set of protiens in the blood that help antibodies kill their target

Question 7

Cytokines

Answer 7

Proteins secreted by cytotoxic T cells to aid in antigen destruction

Question 8

Cytotoxic T cell

Answer 8

Lymphocyte that directly kills antigens

• CD8+ T cell

Question 9

Dendritic cell

Answer 9

Antigen presenting cell. Shows T&B cells what to attack

Question 10

Helper T cell

Answer 10

Lymphocyte that aids B cells and stimulates T cells

• CD4+ T cell

Question 11

Humoral immunity

Answer 11

B cells produce antibodies after exposure to specific antigens; type of adaptive immunity

Question 12

Immunity

Answer 12

Body’s ability to resist foreign organisms and toxins that damage tissue and organs

Question 13

Immunoglobins

Answer 13

Antibodies such as IgA, IgE, Etc; secreted by plasma cells in response to the presence of an antigen

Question 14

Interferons

Answer 14

Proteins(cytokines) secreted by T cells and other cells to aid and regulate the immune response

Question 15

Interleukins

Answer 15

Proteins (cytokines) that stimulate the growth of B and T lymphocytes

Question 16

Macrophage

Answer 16

Large phagocyte found in lymph nodes and other tissues of the body

Question 17

Natural immunity

Answer 17

Protection that an individual is born with to fight infection such as neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages & nk cells. It is not antigen specific and does not elict memory

Question 18

Plasma cell

Answer 18

Lymphocyte that secretes antibodies. It matures from B lymphocytes

Question 19

Suppressor T cell

Answer 19

Lymphocyte that inhibits the activity of B and T cells

*aka Treg

Question 20

T cell ( T lymphocyte)

Answer 20

Lymphocyte that acts directly on antigens to destroy them or produce cytokines such as interferons/ interleukins that are toxic to antigens

Question 21

Tolerance

Answer 21

The ability of T lymphocytes to recohnize and accept the body’s own antigens as friendly

Question 22

Immun/o

Answer 22

Protection

Question 23

Lymphaden/o

Answer 23

Lymph node

Question 24

Ana-

Answer 24

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