Final Exam New Content Set 1

Question 1

antigen

Answer 1

A harmful substance that triggers antibody production in the immune system

Question 2

antibody

Answer 2

proteins in the blood that fight specific invaders like bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances.

Question 3

how the body comes to produce antibodies against a specific invader

Answer 3

B cells produce antibodies, Antigens stimulate B cells to multiply, Plasma cells (replicated B cells) release many antibodies into the body’s fluids

Question 4

difference between the primary and secondary antibody responses

Answer 4

B cells are challenged, B cells are not challenged

Question 5

Vaccine

Answer 5

a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.

Question 6

How a vaccine works

Answer 6

Vaccination primes the immune system to recognize antigens as foreign—>antibody prod is triggered, memory of virus/bacterium is formed—> Upon re-encountering virus/bacterium, immune syst rapidly prod antibodies—-> immune cells activate —-> Swift response protects against the disease