Immune Disorders

Question 1

What are the two major components of the immune system?

Answer 1

cellular immune system (T lymphocytes)

humoral immune system (B lymphocytes)

Question 2

The precursors of all blood cells, including the immune cells are produced in the ______.

Answer 2

bone marrow

Question 3

What are the two general types of immune cells?

Answer 3

lymphocytes

phagocytes

Question 4

Organs that are involved with the immune system are called ______.

Answer 4

lymphoid organs

Question 5

________ affect the growth, development, and the production, activation, and release of lymphocytes.

Answer 5

lymphoid organs

Question 6

The ______ and _______ are important parts of the lymphoid organs because they carry the lymphocytes to and from different areas in the body.

Answer 6

blood vessels

lymphatic vessels

Question 7

________ constitute 25% of white blood cells.

Answer 7

lymphocytes

Question 8

True or False? Once mature, some lymphocytes will be housed in the lymphoid organs, while others will travel continuously around the body through the lymphatic vessels and bloodstream.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

_______ are proteins that attack “foreign” substances and cause them to be removed from the body.

Answer 9

Antibodies

Question 10

True or False? What causes the immune system to no longer tell the difference between healthy body tissues and antigens is unknown.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is an autoimmune illness that affects 3% of the population mostly women?

Answer 11

Sjorgen Syddrome (SS)

Question 12

What autoimmune illness is characterized by lymphocyte infiltration in certain glands in the body causing inflammation leading to gland atrophy?

Answer 12

Sjorgen Syndrome (SS)

Question 13

Sjorgen Syndrome can affects what two glands?

Answer 13

lacrimal - dry eye

salivary - dry mouth

Question 14

What is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects more than 250,000 people in the U.S.?

Answer 14

Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE or Lupus)

Question 15

What autoimmune illness can occur at any age and is most common in women and most debilitating during childbearing years?

Answer 15

Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE or Lupus)

Question 16

What autoimmune illness affects any part of the body but most often the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, and nervous system?

Answer 16

Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE or Lupus)

Question 17

True or False? Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE or Lupus) is unpredictable with periods of illness (flares) alternating with remission.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

In what autoimmune illness does symptoms of anemia and those of kidney, lung, or heart disorders occur and a rash may develop?

Answer 18

Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE or Lupus)

Question 19

What is a another name for the butterfly rash and in which autoimmune disorder does it often arise?

Answer 19

Malar rash, Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE or Lupus)

Question 20

The variant cause of HIV that is the cause for almost all infection is known as ____.

Answer 20

HIV-1

Question 21

HIV primarily infects what immune cells by attaching to cell surface receptor molecules on the cell membrane to gain entry into the cell?

Answer 21

CD4+ T Lymphocytes