Lympatic System #2 Flashcards

1
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disease similar to smallpox but less virulent

A

cowpox

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2
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ability to cause disease

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virulence

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3
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Person is exposed by normal contact and is infected

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naturally acquired active immunity

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4
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Transplacental transfer is an example of

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Naturally acquire passive immunity

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5
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What is passed in the breast milk that contains antibodies?

A

colostrum

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6
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A vaccine is an example of

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artificially acquired active immunity

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7
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Transfer of humoral antibodies like antivenin

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artificially acquired passive immunity

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8
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What does the latent period before measurable amounts of specific antibodies appear and how long does it take?

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5-10 days primary response

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9
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Subsequent exposure of one person to the same antigen results in _____ produced by _______

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secondary response, B cells (memory cells)

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10
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The ability of B cells to inherit the ability to produce specific antibodies explains

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clonal selection theory

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11
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Most abundant lymphocytes in an adult

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memory t cells

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12
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How does a germinal center develop?

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From a B cell that has been stimulated by an antigen and activated by Helper T cell

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13
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Proliferating B cells in a germinal center under go ______ which generates a diversity of new antibodies

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somatic hypermutation

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14
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Develop of a secondary response provides ____ against specific pathogens

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active immunity

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15
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The first successful polio vaccine

A

the salk vaccine

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16
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oral vaccine that used to cause polio

A

sabin

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17
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What 3 ways can vaccines be produced

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live viruses with weakened virulence, killed viruses, recombinant viral proteins

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18
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molecules that can boost the immune response when delivered with the vaccine

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adjuvants

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19
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adjuvants work because dendritic cells have ____ receptors that bind to what?

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pattern recognition recepters, pathogen associated molecular patters and damage associated molecular patterns

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20
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Thyroglobin in the thyroid is an example of a

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immunilogically privelaged site

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21
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antibodies made against self antigens are called

A

autoantibodies

22
Q

Killer T cells that attck self antigens are called

A

autoreactive T cells

23
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The two mechanisms of immunological tolerance

A

clonal deletion and clonal anergy

24
Q

autoimmune disease may occur because of

A

failure of t regulatory cells

25
Q

the ability of mount a specific immune response that does not occur until a month after birth

A

immunological competence

26
Q

What creates the great IgG diversity in intravenous immunoglobulin therapy?

A

plasma taken from many different people

27
Q

animal injected with an antigen are used to obtain _______

A

monoclonal antibodies

28
Q

B lymphocytes combined with a cancerous myeloma cell in vitra produces a

A

hybridoma

29
Q

Drug used to treat non hodgekins lymphoma

A

rituximab

30
Q

Blocks binding of vascular endothelial growth factor and treats what

A

Avastin (bevacizumab), colorectal, lung, kidney and brain cancer

31
Q

Harvesting patients T cells to combat cancer

A

adoptive cell transfer

32
Q

Treatment used specifically for melanomas

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Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte therapy

33
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What happens in chimeric antigen receptor therapy?

A

patient’s own t cells are given artificially created t cell receptor to target tumor antigens

34
Q

natural killer cells are part of the ____ immune system

A

innate

35
Q

How are natural killer cells like/dislike killer t cells

A

can destroy cells from cell to cell contact but they also can do with withot prior exposure to foreign antigens

36
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Autoantibodies developed against lens protein in a damaged eye may cause destruction of a healthy eye

A

sympathetic opthalmia

37
Q

autodestruction of the thyroid

A

hashimoto’s thyroiditis

38
Q

Drug induced thrombocytopenia purpura is an example of

A

a self antigent hat is usually tolerated but may be altered by combining with a forein antigen

39
Q

IgM antibodies attack IgG antibodies

A

rheumatoid arthritis

40
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What two disorder can occur from antibodies produced in response to streptococcus cross reacting with self antigens?

A

glomerulonephritis, rheumatic fever

41
Q

What do thyroid cells present in Grave’s disease

A

class 2 MHC molecules

42
Q

Beta cells of pancreatic islets abnormally producing class 2 MHC molecules

A

type 1 diabetes

43
Q

Inadequate expression of what gene may lead to autoimmune disease, and why?

A

FOXP3, helps convert T lymphocytes to reg T cells

44
Q

Antigen antibody combinations that are free rather than attached to bacterial/other cells

A

immune complexes

45
Q

What causes the damage to arteries in hepatitis B

A

immune complex disease (periarteritis)

46
Q

What are rheumatoid factors?

A

IgM antibodies that bind to the Fc portion of IgG antibodies and create immune complexes

47
Q

What helps diagnose SLE?

A

antinuclear antibodies (ANA)

48
Q

What usually kills people with SLE

A

immne comlexes in glomerular capillaries (glomerulonephritis)

49
Q

What surgical procedure initially removed the man’s melanoma in disappearing act?

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Moh’s micrographic surgery

50
Q

Treatment that boosts body’s immune system against tumors

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interferon alpha therapy

51
Q

What cured Danial?

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radiation therapy in his hip, abscopal phenomenom