Exam 14: The Innate Immune Response

Your first patient of the day is complaining of pain in the area of his new tattoo. When you examine the tattoo, you note that the area around it is firm, red, and swollen. There is no evidence of pus, and your patient has a normal pulse, and no fever. You tell your patient that you have seen this type of response to a tattoo before, and that it is called a granulomatous reaction. You give him more information on the condition -Your patient questions why he has developed a granuloma. You explain to him that granulomas 

A group of interacting serum proteins that provide a nonspecific defense mechanism is

Which is not a component of innate immunity?

Which of the following are most susceptible to complement lysis?

The cellular organelle responsible for the digestion of ingested infectious agents is the

Pattern recognition is involved in innate immunity.

Interferon directly interacts with and destroys viruses.

The cells primarily involved in all immune responses are the

All blood cells originate from the

The complement pathway that requires antibodies to be activated is the

Which of the following do you think would be a possible way to cure a person with LAD?

Your first patient of the day is complaining of pain in the area of his new tattoo. When you examine the tattoo, you note that the area around it is firm, red, and swollen. There is no evidence of pus, and your patient has a normal pulse, and no fever. You tell your patient that you have seen this type of response to a tattoo before, and that it is called a granulomatous reaction. You give him more information on the condition -Your patient doesn't understand all of the cell names that you have used. You educate him on the role of each cell type. One cell type that plays a role in adaptive immunity rather than innate immunity. Which cell is this?

The complex resulting from complement activity that leads to cell lysis is the

Your first patient of the day is complaining of pain in the area of his new tattoo. When you examine the tattoo, you note that the area around it is firm, red, and swollen. There is no evidence of pus, and your patient has a normal pulse, and no fever. You tell your patient that you have seen this type of response to a tattoo before, and that it is called a granulomatous reaction. You give him more information on the condition -Your patient wonders what giant cells are and how they form. You explain that giant cells

Normal microbiota

Your first patient of the day is complaining of pain in the area of his new tattoo. When you examine the tattoo, you note that the area around it is firm, red, and swollen. There is no evidence of pus, and your patient has a normal pulse, and no fever. You tell your patient that you have seen this type of response to a tattoo before, and that it is called a granulomatous reaction. You give him more information on the condition -You tell your patient that when he got his tattoo, his first line of defense of his innate immunity was breached because his skin was damaged by the process. He asks you to explain what is included in the first line of defense and you tell him

C3b is involved in

Which of the following would NOT trigger an inflammatory response?

The presence of long double-stranded RNA (> 30 bp)

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) bind molecules on pathogens. Why is this helpful to the immune response?