S.1.10 Anatomy & Physiology: Immune System

Question 1

Antibody

Answer 1

A blood protein that counteracts a specific antigen.

Question 2

Antigen

Answer 2

A toxin that stimulates an immune response in the body.

Question 3

Antigen Presenting Cell

Answer 3

A cell that displays foreign antigens with major histocompatibility complexes on their surfaces.

Question 4

Antimicrobial

Answer 4

A substance that kills or inhibits growth of micro-organisms with minimal damage to the host.

Question 5

B-Cell

Answer 5

Cells that mature in bone marrow and make antibodies in response to antigens.

Question 6

Complement

Answer 6

The group of proteins in blood serum and plasma that works with antibodies to destroy particular antigens.

Question 7

Dendritic Cell

Answer 7

Antigen-presenting cells that process antigen material and present it to T-Cells.

Question 8

Immunoglobullin

Answer 8

An antibody

Question 9

Innate

Answer 9

Inborn

Question 10

Macrophage

Answer 10

A large white blood cell that ingests foreign material.

Question 11

Memory Cell

Answer 11

A lymphocyte that responds to an antigen upon reintroduction.

Question 12

Phagocytosis

Answer 12

Ingestion of particles by a cell or phagocyte

Question 13

Plasma Cell

Answer 13

A white blood cell that produces a single type of antibody.

Question 14

T-Cell

Answer 14

White blood cells that mature in the thymus and participate in immune response