Immune System

Question 1

neutrophils

Answer 1

highly mobile phagocytic specialists that engulf and destroy unwanted materials

Question 2

eosinophils

Answer 2

secrete chemical that destroy parasitic worms and are involved in allergic manifestations

Question 3

basophils

Answer 3

release histamine and heparin and also are involved in allergic manifestations

Question 4

B lymphocytes

Answer 4

transformed into plasma cells, which secrete antibodies that indirectly lead to the destruction of foreign materials

Question 5

T lymphocytes

Answer 5

responsible for cell-mediated immunity involving direct destruction of virus-invaded cells and mutant cells through nonphagocytic means

Question 6

monocytes

Answer 6

transformed into marcrophages, which are large, tissue-bound phagocytic specialists

Question 7

immunity

Answer 7

body’s ability to resist or eliminate potentially harmful foreign materials or abnormal cells

Question 8

immune activities include

Answer 8

defense against invading pathogens, removal of “worn-out” cells, ID and destruction of abnormal/mutant cells, inappropriate immune response, rejection of tissue cells of foreign origin

Question 9

tonsils and adenoids

Answer 9

situated to respond to inhaled

Question 10

appendix and Peyer’s patches

Answer 10

situated to respond to microbes in the digestive system

Question 11

lymph nodes

Answer 11

situated to respond to potential pathogens that gain access to the lymph

Question 12

spleen

Answer 12

performs same role as lymph nodes except in the blood

Question 13

thymus and bone marrow

Answer 13

process T and B lymphocytes

Question 14

inflammation

Answer 14

a nonspecific response to tissue injury (foreign invasion, tissue damage, or both)

Question 15

interferon

Answer 15

a family of proteins that nonspecifically defend against viral infection

Question 16

natural killer cells

Answer 16

lymphocyte-like cells that spontaneously and relatively nonspecifically lyse and destroy virus-infected host cells and cancer cells

Question 17

complement system

Answer 17

a group of proteins when activated, bring about the destruction of foreign cells by attacking their plasma membranes

Question 18

What is involved in innate immunity?

Answer 18

inflammation, interferon, natural kill cells, complement system

Question 19

What is involved in adaptive immunity?

Answer 19

antibody mediated and cell mediated activities

Question 20

antibody mediated (humoral)

Answer 20

production of antibodies by B lymphocyte derivatives known as plasma cells

Question 21

cell mediated

Answer 21

production of activated T lymphocytes which directly attack unwanted cells

Question 22

leukocytes

Answer 22

effector cells of immune defense system

Question 23

lymphoid tissue

Answer 23

refer collectively to the tissue that

• store
• produce
• process lymphocytes

Question 24

inflammation

Answer 24

innate, nonspecific series of highly interrelated events that are set into motion in response to foreign invasion, tissue damage, or both