Exam 43: The Immune System

Which of these is not part of insect immunity?

________ are cells of the mammalian innate immune response that help destroy tumours.

Select the pathway that would lead to the activation of cytotoxic T cells.

Which of the following would help a virus avoid triggering an effective adaptive immune response? I. having frequent mutations in genes for surface proteins II. building the viral shell from host proteins III. producing proteins very similar to those of other viruses IV. infecting and killing helper T cells

Which of the following components of the immune system destroys bacteria by punching holes in the wall of the bacteria?

T cells of the immune system include ________.

________ are receptor molecules on mammalian cells that recognise macromolecules that are present in or on certain groups of pathogens.

Which statement best describes the difference between responses of effector B cells (plasma cells) and those of cytotoxic T cells?

A newborn who is accidentally given a drug that destroys the thymus would most likely ________.

Inflammatory responses typically include ________.

Which of the following proteins can be classified as immunoglobulins? I. T cell receptors II. B cell receptors III. Antigens

The cells and signalling molecules involved in the initial stages of the inflammatory response are ________.

Vaccination increases the number of

CD4 and CD8 are ________.

For the successful development of a vaccine to be used against a pathogen, it is necessary that ________.

Innate immunity ________.

Which of the following is the best definition of autoimmune disease?

When antibodies bind antigens, the clumping of antigens results from ________.

The number of major histocompatibility (MHC) protein combinations possible in a given population is enormous. However, an individual in that diverse population has a far more limited array of MHC molecules because ________.

Acidity in human sweat is an example of ________.