Chapter 23

Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology · 14 exercises

Problem 1

_______________ trigger immune responses. a. Cytokines b. Antibodies c. Antigens d. Histamines

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Problem 2

Which of the following is not a surface barrier to infection? a. diarrhea b. acidic gastric fluid c. lysozyme in salivaskin d. skin e. complement activation f. resident populations of bacteria

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Problem 3

Activated complement proteins can _________ . a. puncture cells b. promote inflammation c. attract phagocytes d. all of the above

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Problem 4

Which of the following is not part of innate immunity? a. phagocytes b. fever c. histamines d. complement activation e. inflammation f. cytokines g. presenting antigen h. all take part

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Problem 5

Which of the following is not part of adaptive immunity? a. phagocytes b. antigen-presenting cells c. MHC molecules d. cytokines e. antigen receptors f. complement activation g. antibodies h. all take part

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Problem 6

Choose the characteristics of adaptive immunity. a. self/nonself recognition b. immediate response c. antigen memory d. diverse antigen receptors e. fixed number of PAMPs f. tailored for specific antigens

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Problem 7

Antibodies are _________ . a. antigen receptors b. made only by B cells c. proteins d. all of the above

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Problem 8

A dendritic cell engulfs a bacterium, then presents bacterial bits on its surface together with ______. a. MHC molecules b. antibodies c. T cell receptors d. antigens

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Problem 9

Antibody-mediated responses most effectively target _________ . a. intracellular pathogens b. extracellular pathogens c. cancerous cells d. both a and \(c\)

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Problem 10

Cell-mediated responses most effectively target ________ . a. intracellular pathogens b. extracellular pathogens c. cancerous cells d. both a and \(c\)

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Problem 11

_____________ are killed by cytotoxic T cells. a. Extracellular virus particles in blood b. Virus-infected body cells c. Bacterial cells in tissue fluiddd d. Pollen grains in nasal mucus

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Problem 13

Match the immune cell with the best description. $$ \text {dendritic cell} \quad \quad \text {a. large phagocyte} $$ $$ \text {B cell} \quad \quad \text {b. antigen-presenter} $$ $$ \text {helper T cell } \quad \quad \text {c. activates other lymphocytes} $$ $$ \text {macrophage } \quad \quad \text {d. makes antibodies} $$

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Problem 14

_______________can kill ailing body cells that lack MHC molecules.

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Problem 15

Match the immunity concepts. $$ \text {anaphylactic shock} \quad \quad \text {a. recognizes antigen} $$ $$ \text {immune memory} \quad \quad \text {b. insufficient immune response} $$ $$ \text {autoimmunity } \quad \quad \text {c. general defense mechanism} $$ $$ \text {inflammation } \quad \quad \text {d. immune response against one's own body} $$ $$ \text {immune deficiency} \quad \quad \text {e. secondary response} $$ $$ \text {antigen receptor} \quad \quad \text {f. acute allergic reaction} $$

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