IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

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

antibodies

helper T cells

antigens

virus fragments

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Immunological memory is due to

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

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What is a protein produced by host cells infected by viruses?

Antiserum

Vaccine

Interferon

Histamine

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

antigen via the alternative pathway

None of these

antibody via the alternative pathway

antibody via metabolic pathway

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

plasma cytokine levels

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

serum antibody titer

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

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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

Helper T lymphocyte

None of these

B lymphocytes

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What are the solutions prepared from weakened or dead microorganisms, viruses, or toxins that provide some immunity from diseases?

Antibiotics

Drugs

Histamines

Vaccines

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

macrophages and antigens

lymphocytes

antibodies

all of these

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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

An allergic response

Cancer

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The immune response to a booster vaccine is called a(n)

innate response

cellular response

secondary response

primary response

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