Immunity

Question 1

List features and components of both the Innate and Adaptive Immune System.

Question 2

Describe the ciliary escalator.

Question 3

What is lysozyme? Where is it found? What does it do?

Question 4

What is lactoferrin? What does it do?

Question 5

Leukocytosis

Question 6

Leukopenia.

Question 7

What are PAMPs? Give some examples of PAMPs for bacterial cells.

Question 8

Name one iron binding protein that is part of the Innate immune system response.

Question 9

What is opsonization?

Question 10

What are interferons? What do they do?

Question 11

What are the 3 outcomes after complement activation?

Question 12

What are the two parts of adaptive immunity?

Question 13

Antigen

Question 14

Epitope

Question 15

Hapten

Question 16

Adjuvant

Question 17

Describe the structure of the antibody molecule. What component binds to antigens/epitopes? What component binds to host cells/factors?

Question 18

List the 5 classes of Immunoglobulins and their features.

Question 19

What is the primary vs. secondary immune response?

Question 20

What is the secondary immune response?

Question 21

Describe the 4 types of acquired humoral immunity. Give examples for each.

Question 22

Compare and contrast B cells and T cells. Think about their features/characteristics and what they do and how they protect us from pathogens.

Question 23

What cell type comprises humoral immunity? What cell type comprises cell mediated immunity?

Question 24

Which part of the adaptive immune system protects against extracellular pathogens?