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| What acts as the first line of defense against foreign pathogens? |
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| Skin and mucous membranes (test, both a and c) |
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| The two intrinsic defense systems have many components. Which cell types is not a contributor to specific immunity? |
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Natural Killer cells
(plasma, B and T cells are) |
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| An increase of white blood cell number at sites of injury, which is characteristic of inflammation, is called: |
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| The process by which phagocytes exit capillaries and enter injured tissue is called: |
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| The adaptive immune system involves three major cell types: antigen presenting cells, T cells, which constitute___________immunity, and B cells which govern _________immunity. |
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| Cell-mediated and humoral |
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| Lymphocytes become immunocompetent within primary lymphoid organs. B cells become immunocompetent in the ________ and T cells become immunocompetent in the______________. |
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| During clonal selection of B cells, those B cells with complimentary membrane receptors to the invading antigen will differentiate into__________ cells. |
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| A patient has been immunized against chicken pox. What type of immunity is this? |
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| Artificially Acquired Active |
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| What best describes an antibody's mode of action? |
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| anitbodies immoblize antigens and mark them for destruction. |
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| How are T cells "introduced" to antigens? |
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| antigen-presenting cells link antigenic peptides to MHC proteins to which T cells will attach |
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