PRELIM 04 - Immunology Flashcards

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The ability to ward off disease caused by microbes or their products and to protect against environmental agents

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Immunity

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Refers to a lack of immunity

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Susceptibility

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Response generated against a potential pathogen

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Immune response

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Immediate, nonspecific, lacks immunologic memory, and is the first line of defense (Type of immunity)

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Innate immunity

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Responds rapidly to 2nd exposure, specific, has immunologic memory, and is the second line of defense (Type of immunity)

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Adaptive immunity

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Are cells that includes granulocytes and monocytes

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Phagocytes

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Ingestion of a microorganism or other substance by a cell

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Phagocytosis

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System that includes the population of cells that descend from monocytes

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Reticuloendothelial system

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Are cells that are residents in certain tissues and organs of the body

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Fixed macrophages

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Are cells that roam the tissues and gather at sites of infection/inflammation

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Free macrophages

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A system consisting of a fluid, vessels, and structures and organs containing lymphoid tissue

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Lymphatic system

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Lymphatic organs where stem cells divide and become immunocompetent

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Primary lymphatic organs

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Lymphatic organs where most immune responses occur

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Secondary lymphatic organs

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An organ that is a site of activation of T and B cells

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Lymph nodes

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System that consists of >30 proteins produced by the liver that circulate in the blood and within tissues

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Complement system

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3 pathways of the complement system that all end in the activation of C3

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Classical, Alternative, Lectin

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A non-specific, defensive response of the body to tissue damage

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Inflammation

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18
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5 cardinal sign and symptoms of inflammation

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Redness, Heat, Pain, Swelling, Loss of function

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Inflammation that develops rapidly and last for a few days or weeks

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Acute inflammation

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Inflammation that develop slowly and last up to several months or years

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Chronic inflammation

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Abnormally high body temperature due to resetting of the hypothalamic thermostat

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Fever

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A symptom that intensifies the effect of interferons and may help tissue repair

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Fever

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23
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A family of cytokines that inhibit viral replication

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Interferons

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3 types of interferons

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Alpha, Beta, Gamma

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Type of immunity that has the ability to differentiate between normal “self” cells and “nonself”

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Adaptive immunity

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The process by which a lymphocyte proliferates and differentiates in response to a specific antigen

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Clonal selection

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2 types of clonal cells

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Effector, Memory

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Type of clonal cells that destroys or inactivates the antigen

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Effector cells

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Type of clonal cells that rapidly responds to the antigen during 2nd exposure by rapid clonal selection

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Memory cells

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A substance recognized as foreign and provoke immune responses

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Antigen (Ag)

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A protein produced in response to an antigen

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Antibody (Ab)

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The ability to provoke an immune response by stimulating the production of specific antibodies, the proliferation of specific T cells, or both

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Immunogenicity

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The ability of the antigen to react specifically with the antibodies or cells it provoked

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Reactivity

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Part of the antigen that triggers immune responses and reacts with antibodies

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Epitope/Antigenic determinant

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35
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LMW compounds that are antigenic when attached to a carrier molecule; has reactivity but no immunogenicity

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Haptens

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36
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Are self antigens; help T cells recognize that an antigen is foreign, not self

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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)

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Other name for major histocompatibility complex (MHC)

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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)

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2 types of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens

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MHC-I, MHC-II

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Type of MHC antigen present in all body cells except red blood cells

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MHC-I

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Type of MHC antigen present in antigen-presenting cells

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MHC-II

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3 steps in cell-mediated immunity

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Processing of antigens, Activation of T cells, Elimination of antigen

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Are antigens present in fluids outside body cells

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Exogenous antigens

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Are antigens present inside body cells

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Endogenous antigens

44
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A subset of helper T cells; combat autoimmune reactions by suppressing T cells that do not distinguish between self and others

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Regulatory T cell

45
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Refers to the immune system’s recognition of tumor antigens on cancer cells

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Immunological surveillance

46
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Other name of antibodies

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Immunoglobulins

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Antibodies belong to a group of glycoproteins called __________

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Globulins

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2 regions of antibodies

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Variable (V) regions, Constant (C) regions

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Region of antibodies that contain the antigen-binding site

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Variable (V) regions

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Region of antibodies that is the same in immunoglobulins of the same class

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Constant (C) regions

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2 types of fragment domain in antibodies

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Fragment antigen-binding domain, Fragment crystallizable domain

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Fragment domain that recognizes the antigen

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Fragment antigen-binding domain

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Fragment that binds to cell surface receptors

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Fragment crystallizable domain

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This is due to the presence of long-lasting antibodies and very long-lived lymphocytes that arise during clonal selection; basis for vaccines

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Immunologic memory

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The amount of antibody in serum

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Antibody titer

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After an initial contact with an antigen, a slow rise in the antibody titer occurs (Type of response)

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Primary response

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After subsequent encounters, the antibody titer is far greater than during a primary response (Type of response)

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Secondary response

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Following exposure to a microbe, antigen recognition by B and T cells lead to formation of antibody-secreting plasma cells (Ways to acquire adaptive immunity)

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Naturally acquired active immunity

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IgG antibodies are transferred from mother to fetus across placenta (Ways to acquire adaptive immunity)

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Naturally acquired passive immunity

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Antigens introduced during vaccination stimulate cell-mediated and antibody-mediated immune responses (Ways to acquire adaptive immunity)

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Artificially acquired active immunity

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Intravenous injection of immunoglobulins (Ways to acquire adaptive immunity)

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Artificially acquired passive immunity

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A suspension of organisms or fractions of organisms used to induce immunity

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Vaccines

63
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Deliberately inoculated people with cowpox to prevent smallpox in 1798

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Edward Jenner

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Coined the term vaccination (from L. vacca, meaning cow)

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Louis Pasteur

65
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Results when most of a population is immune to a disease

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Herd immunity

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Living pathogen with reduced virulence (Type of vaccine)

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Live attenuated vaccine

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Do not replicate; induce humoral immunity (Type of vaccine)

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Inactivated vaccine

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Contain whole microbes that have been killed, usually by formalin or phenol (Type of vaccine)

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Inactivated killed vaccine

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Contain selected antigenic fragments (Type of vaccine)

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Subunit vaccine

70
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Contain inactivated toxins produced by the pathogen (Type of vaccine)

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Toxoid vaccine

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Contain molecules in a pathogen’s capsule (Type of vaccine)

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Polysaccharide vaccine

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Contain polysaccharides combined with proteins (Type of vaccine)

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Conjugated vaccine

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Contain DNA or mRNA that encodes for antigenic proteins (Type of vaccine)

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Nucleic acid vaccine

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Uses a nonpathogenic viral vector to deliver genetic material that encodes for antigenic proteins (Type of vaccine)

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Viral vector vaccine

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Contains viral proteins that mimic viral structure without genetic material (Type of vaccine)

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Virus-like particles

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Involves the reaction of soluble antigens with IgG or IgM antibodies (Type of reaction)

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Precipitation reaction

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Involve either particulate antigens or soluble antigens adhering to particles (Type of reaction)

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Agglutination reaction

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The presence of antibodies against a virus can be detected by the antibodies’ ability to prevent cytopathic effects of viruses in cell cultures (Type of reaction)

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Neutralization reaction

79
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The most widely used of a group of tests known as enzyme immunoassay (EIA)

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

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2 methods of ELISA

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Direct ELISA, Indirect ELISA

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ELISA method that detects antigens

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Direct ELISA

82
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ELISA method that detects antibodies

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Indirect ELISA

83
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An antigenic response that results in undesirable effects

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Hypersensitivity

84
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A type of disease where the immune system acts in response to self-antigens and causes damage to one’s own organs

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Autoimmune diseases

85
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For T cells to function properly, they must have __________ and __________

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Self-recognition, Self-tolerance

86
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Process where T cells that will target host cells are eliminated by clonal deletion in the thymus

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Thymic selection

87
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This condition can be congenital or acquired

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Immunodeficiency

88
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Involves the replacement of an injured or diseased organ with an organ donated by another individual

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Organ transplant

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The transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another, or from one person to another, without the transfer of the blood supply of the grafted tissue

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Graft

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3 types of grafts

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Autograft, Isograft, Allograft

91
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The recognition of transplanted organ as foreign and cell-generation of cell mediated and antibody-mediated immune response against it

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Graft rejection

92
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The tissue compatibility between the donor and the recipient

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Histocompatibility

93
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Is done to reduce the risk of graft rejection

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Tissue typing