What does it mean that the immune system is able to recognize self from nonself?
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- Where does lymph come from?
- List the primary lymphatic organs. List the secondary lymphatic organs.
- What structures allow the lymph to enter the cardiovascular system?
- Why is the thymus so critical in immunity?
- Can a person live without a spleen?
- Explain the difference between innate and adaptive immunity.
- Identify one physical and one chemical barrier of the body to infectious pathogens.
- What are the primary indicators of the inflammatory response and what is the main chemical released by tissue that results in this response?
- What type of white blood cells may become pus following response to an infection?
- What role do interferons play in body defense?
- Identify and explain one action that complement proteins perform to help defend the body against pathogens.
- (a) What is the difference between antibodies and antigens? (b) Which type of molecule are gamma globulins (antibodies or antigens)?
- Which type of white blood cell is primarily responsible for adapted defenses?
- List the three types of T cells and give the function for each.
- Consider B-cells. What are the two types and which of these types actively secretes antibodies?
- Which type of lymphocyte needs the assistance of an antigen presenting cell (APC) to recognize an antigen? Which type of lymphocyte is responsible for antibody-mediated immunity?
- What type of immunity results from receiving a gamma globulin injection of prepared antibodies? What type of immunity results from receiving an immunization?
- What type of T-cell is infected by the HIV that cause AIDS? How does this cause the death of infected individuals?
- What is a condition in a human that monoclonal antibodies can be used to determine?
- What is a main antibody that crosses the placenta from mother to fetus?
- Explain the difference between passive and active immunity.
- What is the function of cytokines?
- What types of cells are formed from clonal expansion of B cells?
- What is an allergy?
- What is anaphylactic shock and why is it a life threatening condition?
- What does it mean that the immune system is able to recognize self from nonself?
- What is the purpose of immunosuppressive drugs?
- What types of immune system cells help cause rheumatoid arthritis?
- What is xenotransplantation?
- Should a person continue to receive vaccines after age 18?