Flashcards

Question 1

Filter lymph

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Lymph nodes

Question 2

Particularly large and important during youth, produces hormones that help to program the immune system

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Thymus

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Collectively called MALT

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Peyer’s patches, tonsils

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Removes aged and defective red blood cells

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Spleen

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Prevents bacteria from reaching the intestinal wall

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Tonsils

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Immunity is the resistance to disease resulting from the presence of forge in substances or

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Antigens

Question 7

Resist ace provided by antibodies released to body fluids the immunity is called

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Humoral immunity

Question 8

When living cells provide the protection, immunity called

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Cellular immunity

Question 9

Major actors in the immune response are the two lymphocyte populations of

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B cells and T cells

Question 10

Phagocyte cells that act as accessory cells in the immune

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Blood, lymph

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Originates in bone marrow from stem cells called hemocytoblasts

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T cells and B cells

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Progeny are plasma cells

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B cells

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Progeny include regulatory, help, and cytosine cells

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T cells

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Progeny include memory cells

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T cells and B cells

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Is responsible for directly attacking foreign cells or virus infected cells

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T cells

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Produces antibodies that are released to body fluids

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B cells

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Bears a cell surface receptor capable of recognizing a specific antigen

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T cells and B cells

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Forms clones upon stimulation

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T cell and B cells

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Accounts for most of the lymphocytes in the circulation

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T cell

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Antibodies can inactivate antigens in various ways depending on the nature of the

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Antigen

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Chief ammunition used against cellular antigens like bacteria and mismatched red blood cells

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Complement activation and lysis

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Binding of antibodies to sites on bacterial exotoxins or viruses that can cause a cell injury is called

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Neutralization

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Cross linking of cellular antigens into large lattices by antibodies is called

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Agglutination

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Molecules are cross linked into lattices by antibodies

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Precipitation

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The protective mechanism mounted by the antibodies serves to disarm and/or immobilize the antigens until they become

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Phagocytes

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Largest lymphatic organ, blood reservoir

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Spleen

Question 27

An individual receives Sabin polio vaccine

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A

Question 28

Antibodies migrate through a pregnant woman’s placenta into the vascular system of her fetus

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P

Question 29

A student nurse revives an injection of gamma globulin after she has been exposed to a viral hepatitis

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P

Question 30

“Borrowed” immunity

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P

Question 31

Immunologic memory is provided

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A

Question 32

An individual suffers through chickenpox

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A

Question 33

Initial response to an antigen, gearing up stage

Answer 33

P

Question 34

Lag period of several days occurs before antibodies specific to the antigen appear in the bloodstream

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P

Question 35

Antibody levels increase rapidly and remain high for an extended period of time

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S

Question 36

Immunoglobulin memory is established

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P

Question 37

The second, third, and subsequent responses to the same antigen

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S