Exam 33: Adaptive Immunity

The major class of antibody present in the mucous membranes of the body is:

Macromolecules that induce the immune system to make certain responses are called:

The fetal liver may act as the site for the first stage of T cell development.

Match each type of specific immunity with its description or example. -A person has had the mumps and is protected from getting them again

Suppressor T cells help B cells differentiate into antibody-secreting plasma cells by secreting cytokines such as interleukin-2 and interleukin-4.

Name and explain the role of regulating cells in the immune system.

Match each antibody class with its description, function, or location. -Antibody whose precise function is not yet known

Which antibody has two antigen-binding sites?

Match each type of specific immunity with its description or example. -A person gets a flu shot to keep from getting the flu

To function independently in the immune process, both B cells and T cells must become thymocytes during development.

According to the clonal selection theory, antigens select lymphocyte clones by: