Inflammatory And Immune Response Quiz

Question 1

What are the main physiologic effects of stimulating histamine receptors during the inflammatory response

Answer 1

Vasodilation and increased capillary permeability

When histamine is released during an inflammatory response the main effects are vasodilation of the local arterioles in order to bring more WBC’s to the area and increased capillary permeability

Question 2

Leukotrienes and prostaglandins play a role in

Answer 2

Leukotrienes and prostaglandins are synthesized by the mast cell after degranulation. The functions of these inflammatory mediators are similar to those of histamine and the mast cell will keep producing them as long as there is a stylus to do so

Question 3

Ellen Harold is in a car accident and sustains a fracture to her rib cage with extensive soft tiddue injury. The pain associated with the injury is related to

Answer 3

Release of prostaglandins

During the inflammatory response to the infection or injury, thee primary mediators that stimulate pain are prostaglandins

Question 4

The swelling of the tissue around the injury is a direct result of

Answer 4

Increased capillary permeability

Question 5

Which circulating white blood cell is present in the greatest quantities in the blood and generally is the first to arrive at the site of an infection

Answer 5

Neutrophils

Question 6

Eosinophils are phagocyte that play an important role in

Answer 6

Parasitic infection

Often times over drowned by neutrophils and phagocytes due to the low quantity

Question 7

An elevation in the blood levels which of the following would indicate the presence of a chronic bone infection

Answer 7

Monocytes

Macrophages will be present at the site

Question 8

Which of the following patients is at risk for developing infections because their levels of complaint proteins are low?

Answer 8

A 72 year old man with liver failure due to alcoholic cirrhosis

Compliment proteins are released by the liver

Question 9

What are the primary actions/effects of activated complement proteins?

Answer 9

Opsonization
Vasodilation and increased cap permeability

Activated compliment have many different roles during IR.

Question 10

All of the following are systematic manifestations of acute inflammation

Answer 10

Decreased erythrocytes sedimentation rate

Question 11

Which of the following descriptions is the best definition of the term ‘antigen’ in immunology

Answer 11

Any molecule that is recognized by lymphocytes and reacts with antibodies

Question 12

Which of the following statements about human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is true?

Answer 12

HLA allows the immune system to distinguish cells and bone marrow stem cells

Question 13

True statements on antibodies

Answer 13

Antibodies are responsible for activating for clotting proteins
Antibodies are immunoglobins
Antibodies opsonization bacteria and other foreign organisms

Question 14

Secretions from the mucous membranes of the respiratory and GI tracts primarily contain which of the following antibodies

Answer 14

IgA

Question 15

Which antibody would have the highest titers during a secondary immune response

Answer 15

IgG

Question 16

Opsonization of bacteria with compliment proteins and antibodies promotes

Answer 16

Phagocytes

Question 17

Which of the following descriptions is true about attenuated vaccines

Answer 17

Attenuated vaccines may not be safe for immunocompromised individuals

Question 18

How does the vaccination confer immunity against an infectious disease

Answer 18

The production of memory B and T lymphocytes makes the immune response system ready to mount a secondary immune response upon subsequent exposures to the microorganism