Lymphocytes

Question 1

Memory T cell function

Answer 1

Remains in lymphoid tissue and recognizes original invading antigens, even years after first encounter.

Question 2

B cells function

Answer 2

Differentiates into antibody-producing plasmocyte.

Question 3

Plasma cells function

Answer 3

Descendant of B cell that produces and secretes antibodies

Question 4

Memory B cell function

Answer 4

Descendant of B cell that remains after immune response and is ready to respond rapidly and forcefully should the same antigen enter body in future

Question 5

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is a field that deals with common pathways that link the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems

Answer 5

Research in this field indicates that thoughts, feelings, moods, and beliefs influence your level of health and the course of disease

Question 6

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a condition in which a person

Answer 6

experiences an assortment of infections due to the
progressive destruction of immune system cells by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Question 7

Allergies occur when a person is overly

Answer 7

reactive to a substance that is well-tolerated by most others

Question 8

When an allergic reaction occurs

Answer 8

so does tissue damage

Question 9

An autoimmune disease occurs when the immune
system

Answer 9

fails to display self-tolerance and, instead,
attacks the person’s own body tissue(s)