Exam 21: The Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Body Defensives

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  Figure 21.1Using Figure 21.1, match the following: -Name four autoimmune diseases. Figure 21.1Using Figure 21.1, match the following: -Name four autoimmune diseases.

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The classical complement pathway involves antibodies.

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The directional movement of cells in response to chemicals is called chemotaxis.

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List and briefly discuss innate body defenses to disease.

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Which of the following is not a function of the inflammatory response?

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Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in phagocytosis?

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Adaptive immunity is provided only by lymphocytes that secrete antibodies.

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The antibody molecule is held together by bonds.

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A 36- year- old man enters the hospital in an extremely debilitated condition. He has purple- brown skin lesions (a symptom of Kaposi's sarcoma) and a persistent cough. A physical examination reveals swollen lymph nodes, and laboratory tests find a very low lymphocyte count. Information taken during the personal history reveals that he has multiple sex partners with whom he frequently engages in unprotected sex. What is likely to be the man's problem and what is his outlook?

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Select the correct statement about active and passive immunity.

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  Figure 21.2Using Figure 21.2, match the following: -Area where T cells become immunocompetent. Figure 21.2Using Figure 21.2, match the following: -Area where T cells become immunocompetent.

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Which of the following determine(s) what specific foreign substances our adaptive immune system will be able to recognize and resist?

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A woman comes into the hospital emergency room complaining that she is having problems swallowing and her neck is swelling. She has a history of radiation treatment to her neck as a child for acne. What could be the problem?

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Which of the following does not respond to cell- mediated immunity?

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Which of the following is not a type of T cell?

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  Figure 21.1Using Figure 21.1, match the following: -Septic shock is a dangerous condition where the are released unchecked, making the capillaries very leaky and thus depleting blood fluids. Figure 21.1Using Figure 21.1, match the following: -Septic shock is a dangerous condition where the are released unchecked, making the capillaries very leaky and thus depleting blood fluids.

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Monoclonal antibodies are used for the diagnosis of all of the following except .

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Virus infected cells secrete complement to "warn" other cells of the presence of virus.

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What are some of the drawbacks of passive humoral immunity?

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Antibodies cn act both intracellularly and extracellularly.

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