Test 1

Question 1

the science of blood group systems and the possible antigen-antibody reaction in relation to the blood transfusion

Answer 1

immunohematology

Question 2

oligosaccharides attach to cell membrane

Answer 2

glycolipid

Question 3

oligosaccharides attach to protein structure

Answer 3

glycoprotein

Question 4

antigens found in solution

Answer 4

substances

Question 5

antibody production that is made in response to the antigens you are exposed to in nature

Answer 5

naturally occurring antibodies

Question 6

antibody produced due to exposure to a foreign antigen from transfusion, pregnancy, transplantation

Answer 6

immune response antibodies

Question 7

the science of blood group systems and the possible antigen-antibody reaction in relation to the blood transfusion

Answer 7

immunohematology

Question 8

any substance that when introduced to the body can elicit an immune response

Answer 8

antigen

Question 9

protein substance in serum secreted by plasma cells during an immune response, interacts with an antigen

Answer 9

antibody

Question 10

ability of an antigen to stimulate an antibody response

Answer 10

immunogenicity

Question 11

strength of a single antigen-antibody bond produced by the summation of attractive and repulsive forces

Answer 11

affinity

Question 12

binding strength of a multivalent antigen with antisera produced in an immunized individual

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avidity

Question 13

measure of the strength of an antibody by testing its reactivity at increasing dilutions

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titer

Question 14

portion of the antigen molecule that reacts with the antibody

Answer 14

epitope

Question 15

related to an antibody’s relative avidity for antigen; a specific reaction, cross reaction, or no reactions

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specificity

Question 16

antibodies produced in response to non self antigens

Answer 16

alloantibodies

Question 17

antibodies produced in response to self-antigens

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autoantibodies

Question 18

antibody binding fragment-binding sites on the variable region

Answer 18

Fab region

Question 19

crystallizable fragment-responsible for complement activation, fixation to skin, and placental transport

Answer 19

Fc region

Question 20

Their function is to phagocytize foreign antigens

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antigen presenting cells

Question 21

antigen presentation and stimulating B cell product and function
no surface bound Ig

Answer 21

T lymphocytes

Question 22

have monomeric IgM and IgD on their surface
Express HLA antigens
undergo clonal division producing plasma cells and memory B cells

Answer 22

B lymphocytes

Question 23

don’t carry Ig on their surface

synthesize and secrete antibody with specificity determined by the parent B cell

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plasma cells

Question 24

repulsion between RBC’s due to negative charge

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zeta potential

Question 25

the site of a gene on a chromosome

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loci

Question 26

one of two or more different genes that may occupy a specific locus on a chromosome

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allele

Question 27

trait or characteristic that will be expressed in the offspring even though it is carried on only one of the homologous chromosomes

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dominant

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pair of genes in which neither are dominant, both are expressed

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co-dominant

Question 29

gene, that in the presence of its dominant allele, does not express itself; expressed when inherited in homozygous state

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recessive

Question 30

different alleles present at a given gene locus

Answer 30

heterozygous

Question 31

identical alleles

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homozygous