IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

During exposure to a foreign invader, there are more __________ present in the vertebrate body than before exposure

all of these

macrophages and antigens

lymphocytes

antibodies

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Which of the following is in the lymph nodes of a person battling a cold virus?

Trapped viruses that have been roaming the body

Lymph ducts that enter and exit the nodes and Lymph fluid

All of these

Huge numbers of white blood cells

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To elicit the best antibodies to mouse MHC I, it should be injected into a

rat

mouse of a different strain

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

goat

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What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?

An autoimmune disease

Passive immunity

Cancer

An allergic response

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Which of the following immune cells would have an especially low count in a patient with advanced AIDS?

Killer T lymphocytes

None of these

B lymphocytes

Helper T lymphocyte

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Polysaccharides on the surface of infecting microorganisms can also activate complement directly in the absence of

antibody via the alternative pathway

antibody via metabolic pathway

None of these

antigen via the alternative pathway

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If a person is vaccinated against a disease sometime in the past, which of the following is currently in your body?

All of these

The disease organism itself and antigens for the disease organism

Memory B lymphocytes for the antigen of this disease organism

A very high level of antibodies against the disease antigens

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Immunological memory is due to

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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Plasma cells produce thousands of __________ that are released into the bloodstream

virus fragments

antibodies

antigens

helper T cells

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To detect a humoral immune response to influenza virus, it is possible to measure

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

plasma cytokine levels

serum antibody titer

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