Immune System Flashcards

1
Q

What are the three main functions of the immune system?

A

-Defense
-Homeostasis
-Surveillance

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2
Q

Four major components of the Immune System

A

-Cells and tissues
-Monocyte-Macrophage Cell System
-T lymphocytes
-B lymphocytes

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3
Q

Which blood cells originated from the Myeloid progenitor

A

Mast cells, basophils, Eosinophils, Polymorphonuclear neutrophils, monocytes (dendritic cells, macrophage)

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4
Q

Which cells originated from the lymphoid progenitor?

A

-B lymphocytes
- T lymphocytes
- NK cell

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5
Q

Antibody found in the serum

A

IgG

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6
Q

Antibody found in the secretions.

A

IgA

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7
Q

Antibody found on the surface of T cells

A

IgM

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8
Q

Antibody found on the surface of B cell

A

IgD

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9
Q

Antibody found on the surface of Basophils and mast cells

A

IgE

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10
Q

The largest lymphoid organ

A

Spleen

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11
Q

Largest lymphocyte

A

NK cell

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12
Q

Is NK Cell part of the innate or adaptive immunity?

A

Innate immunity

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13
Q

CD markers for NK cell

A

CD16 and CD56

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14
Q

It is an incomplete antigen that needs to bind to a carrier to be considered as a complete antigen.

A

Hapten

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15
Q

The site for attachment of antigen

A

Epitope

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16
Q

The site for attachment of antibody

A

Paratope

17
Q

A method of identifying lymphocytes using sheep RBCs

A

Rosette test

18
Q

It is a marker that serves as a receptor for sheep RBCs in the Rosette test.

A

CD2

19
Q

What is the size of an antigen to be considered antigenic

A

> 10,000 daltons

20
Q

Glycoprotein antigens

A

HLA

21
Q

Glycolipid antigens

A

ABH, Le, Ii, P antigens

22
Q

Protein antigens

A

Rh, M, N antigens