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Chapter 3 - Components of Adaptive Immunity Flashcards

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Differentiate active and passive immunity.

A

Active immunity - antigen is introduced to the individual

Passive immunity - antibody is introduced to the individual

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Immunity acquired from actual infection is an example of:

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Natural, active immunity

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Immunity acquired from placental transfer and colostrum is an example of:

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Natural, passive

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4
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Colostrum contains which type of antibodies?

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IgA

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5
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Immunity acquired from injection of immunoglobulins is an example of?

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Artificial, passive

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6
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Immunity acquired from vaccines is an example of?

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Artificial, active

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7
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What are the different types of lymphocytes?

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B, T, NK

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Which WBC/s are considered as an agranulocyte?

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Lymphocytes only. Monocytes are granulocytes.

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9
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A DNA polymerase active during the process of Ig and T cell receptor gene rearrangement early in a precursor B or T cell’s life.

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Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)

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10
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Antigenic features of leukocytes that are differentiated by groups of monoclonal antibodies expressing common activity.

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Cluster of differentiation

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11
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Which lymphocyte is associated with humoral immunity?

A. T cells
B. B cells

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B. B cells

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12
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Which lymphocyte is associated with cellular immunity?

A. T cells
B. B cells

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A. T cells

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13
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What are the markers for T cells?

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CD 2, CD 3, CD 4, CD 8

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What are the markers for B Cells?

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sIg, CD 19, CD 21,

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15
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If B cells produce antibodies, what does T cells produce?

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Lymphokines

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16
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Which is more abundant in circulation, T cells or B cells?

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T cells

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17
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Which has a shorter life span, T cells or B cells?

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B cells (3-5 days)

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18
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What is the lifespan (range) of T cells?

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4-10 years

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19
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responsible for the maturation, differentiation and growth of lymphocytes.

A. Primary lymphoid organs
B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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A. Primary lymphoid organs

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20
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Also known as the central lymphoid organs

A. Primary lymphoid organs
B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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A. Primary lymphoid organs

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21
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What are the primary lymphoid organs?

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BM and thymus

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22
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Main site (organ) of antibody production.

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Spleen

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23
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Which secondary lymphoid organ detects antigen found in tissue fluids?

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Lymph nodes

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24
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Which secondary lymphoid organs detect antigens in the blood?

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Spleen

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25
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Largest secondary lymphoid organs.

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Spleen

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26
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What does the secondary lymphoid organ BALT acronym stand for?

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Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue

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27
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The trapping site of antigens.

A. Primary lymphoid organs
B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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28
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This is where the production of antibodies and lymphokines and phagocytosis occurs.

A. Primary lymphoid organs
B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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29
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This is where antigenic lymphopoiesis occurs.

A. Primary lymphoid organs
B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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B. Secondary lymphoid organs

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30
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Where can you find T cells?

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Medullary, perifollicular and paracortical region of lymph nodes / periarteriolar regions of spleen / thoracic duct of the circulatory system

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31
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Where can you find B cells?

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Follicular and medullary (germinal centers) of lymph nodes / primary follicles and red pulp of spleen / follicular region of GALT

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32
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Latency is associated with which virus?

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Herpes virus

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33
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What do you call a chickenpox reinfection?

34
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The traditional marker for T cells

35
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The traditional marker for B cells

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Surface immunoglobulins (sIg)

36
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The new marker for T cells

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CD3, CD4 and CD8

37
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The new marker for B cells

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CD19, CD20, CD21

38
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Most commonly used technique to differentiate B from T cells.

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Sheep RBC (E-rosetting)

39
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With which lymphocyte will sheep’s RBC form rosette?

40
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Growth of haemophilus uses which animal blood?

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Horse blood

41
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NK cell was previously classified as?

42
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How was NK cell different from T cells?

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NK cell is CD3 negative unlike T cells

43
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What are the markers for NK cell?

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CD2, CD16, CD56 (CD3 negative)

44
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Where would you most likely find virgin or naive lymphocytes?

A. Primary lymphoid organs
B. Secondary lymphoid organs

A

A. Primary lymphoid organs

45
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Which lymphocyte is responsible for immune response and are involved in antibody regulation?

46
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Which lymphocyte is the precursor cell in antibody production?

47
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Subsets and subpopulation of T cells

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Subsets: T helper cells, T cytotoxic cells
Subpopulation: T regulatory cells

48
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Which B cell is the most common B cell in circulation?

49
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Which B cell is CD5 positive?

50
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In which stage of T cell in its development will it start containing both CD4 & CD8?

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Double positive thymocytes

51
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Which interleukin activates T cells?

52
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In what stage of T cell development does positive and negative selection occur?

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Double positive thymocytes

53
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Positive selection of T cells means:

A. Proliferation of that T cell would be allowed
B. Proliferation of that T cell would not be allowed

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A. Proliferation of that T cell would be allowed

54
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Which stage of T cell in its development would it be capable of producing lymphokines?

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Sensitized T cell

55
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At which stage of T cell development can we start distinguishing between helper and cytotoxic T cells?

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Mature T cells

56
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At which B cell stage of development does it start to rearrange the genes coding for the heavy chain?

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Pro-B cell

57
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Pro-B cells are CD___ and CD___ positive.

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CD19, CD45

58
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At which B cell stage will heavy chains and sometimes surrogate light chains start to appear?

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Pre-B cell

59
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The first Ig isotype that appears on the surface of B cells.

60
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Which cell produces antibodies?

A

Plasma cells

61
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Which mature B cell remains at circulation?

A. Follicular
B. Marginal

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B. Marginal

62
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CD21 starts to appear at which B cell stage?

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Immature B cell

63
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Sheep RBC receptor in T cells.

64
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T cell receptor that is a part of T cell antigen-receptor complex

65
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Receptor of MHC class II molecule

66
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Receptor of MHC class I molecule

67
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A substance that can cause mitosis.

68
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Enumerate 3 T cell mitogens

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Pokeweed antigen (PWA), phytohemagglutinin (PHA), concanavalene A (CON-A)

69
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Enumerate 2 B cell mitogens

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Pokeweed antigen, LPS

70
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Gold standard to ID blood cells

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Flow cytometry

71
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Technique used to separate lymphocytes from other blood cells

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Ficoll-Hypaque

72
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Commonly used specific gravity in performing Ficoll-Hypaque.

73
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The medium used to cultivate lymphocytes

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Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI)

74
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Which type of T helper cells mediate cell immunity?

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Type 1 T helper cells

75
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Which type of T helper cells mediate antibody production?

A

Type 2 T helper cells

76
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Which type of T helper cells suppress antibody production?

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Type 3 T helper cells

77
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sIg found on this cell’s cytoplasm.

A. B cell
B. Plasma cell
C. T cells

A

B. Plasma cells

78
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sIg found on this cell’s surface

A. B cells
B. Plasma cells
C. T cells

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A. B cells

79
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HIV receptor

80
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IL-2 receptor

81
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EBV receptor

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