Chapter 51 – The Immune System
Chapter 51
The Immune System
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What cells are phagocytes that can also present antigens to TH cells?
2. What are the helper and inducer cells?
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3. What are the source of antibody-producing cells?
4. What cells are the precursors of macrophages?
5. Which cells produce specific antibodies?
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6. What are on the surface of most vertebrate cells, acting as markers of “self”?
7. The surface defenses of the body consist of the ______ and the mucous membranes lining
the digestive and respiratory tracts.
8. __________ diseases are those abnormal conditions in which the body’s defensive cells
fail to make the self versus the nonself distinction correctly, and attack the body’s own
tissues.
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9. A patient with melanoma receives three types of therapy: surgery, radiation, and
interferon. Which of these represents something the immune system uses against cancer as
well?
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Clarify Question
What is the key concept addressed by the question?
What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
What do you already know about the actions of the immune system? What other
information is related to the question?
Choose Answer
Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the
process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?
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10. What category of cells includes both phagocytes and lymphocytes?
11. What molecules are released by activated helper T cells?
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12. Lymphocyte receptors are encoded by genes that are assembled by rearrangement and
mutation of what molecules?
13. What is a necessary component of a powerful immune system?
14. The human immunodeficiency virus mounts a direct attack on TH cells by recognizing the
_______ surface proteins associated with these cells.
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15. You sit next to Uncle Ed, an immunologist, at Thanksgiving dinner. “I‘m a ‘big eater'”, he
says, “just like the cells I study.” What are the large cells that engulf pathogens that Uncle Ed
works with?
16. What is the name for molecules that provoke a specific immune response?
17. In the humoral response, some B cells differentiate into plasma cells. What do plasma
cells produce in large quantities?
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18. During a blood transfusion, what can occur when the antigens on the blood cells of a
blood donor interact with the antibodies that are present in the plasma of a recipient that has a
different blood type?
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19. What functions can complement proteins perform? (Check all that apply.)
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20. What are two inflammatory mediators secreted by basophils and mast cells?
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21. Which of the following are part of the inflammatory response? (Check all that apply.)
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22. What is another term for allergy?
23. What is the term for immunity gained by the transfer of antibodies across the placental
barrier?
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24. Which of the following are types of leukocytes? (Check all that apply.)
Multiple Choice Questions
25. What initiates the immune response?
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26. Where are MHC_II cell surface proteins found?
27. The cell-mediated immune response is brought about by which cells?
28. What is the blood type of individuals who lack antigens on their red blood cell surfaces?
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29. Which is the major form of antibody in external secretions?
30. With what do cytotoxic cells interact?
31. Which part of an antibody determines to which epitope it will bind?
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32. Which process allows a vertebrate to generate millions of different lymphocytes?
33. Which mechanism allows certain viral pathogens to evade the vertebrate immune
system?
34. Which is a treatment for autoimmune disease?
I-administration of corticosteroids
II-administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
III-aspirin
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35. When a “new” antigen first challenges the immune system, if the primary immune
response produces B cells, what are the fates of those B cells?
I-Some of the B cells become plasma cells that secrete antibodies.
II-Some of the B cells become memory cells and can produce a swifter response if the body
encounters that particular antigen again.
III-Some of the B cells secrete chemicals called pyrogens that travel to the brain inducing a
fever.
36. When a person is tested for HIV, the test is considered positive if _______ to the HIV are
present.
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37. Which statements about the complement system of vertebrates are correct? (Check all that
apply.)
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38. Select the correct statement regarding the temperature response of the immune system.
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39. A friend tells you the following story. “My aunt just received a heart transplant. Her
doctors warned us that her body might reject the tissue. I just can’t understand how that could
happen as human hearts are made of the same tissues, aren’t they?” How do you respond?
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Clarify Question
What is the key concept addressed by the question?
What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
What do you already know about tissues and transplants? What other information is
related to the question?
Choose Answer
Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the
process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?
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40. Select the immunoglobin (Ig) classes that is correctly matched to their facts. Check all
that apply.
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41. Which of the following regarding antigens is true?