Exam 35: Immunity

Antibodies are large protein molecules classified as ______________.

Rh incompatibility accounts for a peculiar and often fatal disease of the newborn called ___________________ __________.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is commonly called ________.

The ________________ recognize antigen on the surface of macrophages and activate B cells.

An immune response against an invading organism or other tissue damage that involves mobilizing leukocytes from capillaries to the site of injury is called the ___________ response.

Neutrophils and lymphocytes are types of _____.

The causative agent of AIDS is _______________ _________ __________.

To make snakebite antivenin,we inject a horse with increasing doses of venom,extract the horse's antibodies,and inject them inside a person who has been bitten by a snake in order to save his/her life.Which is the best explanation of why this is effective?

_________________ is produced by macrophages,is a mediator of inflammation,and may help cause fever.

If lysozyme is found in sweat,saliva,and tears,why can't it be used as an antibiotic against serious disease agents?

_________________ is/are a series of proteins activated in a sequence as a response to invading organisms.

Certain proteins in the blood that,together with antibodies,lyse or break up invading cells are called ________________.

A substance that stimulates an immune response is called a/an _____________.

Which statement is NOT true about neutrophils?

What type(s)of cell(s)conduct(s)phagocytosis? Macrophages in lymph nodes Kupffer cells in sinusoids Microglial cells in the brain Neutrophils __ Mast cells __ Natural killer cells

Blood cells differ from one another,and when two different and incompatible blood types are mixed,_________________ happens.