IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

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

mouse of a different strain

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

goat

rat

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

antibody via metabolic pathway

antigen via the alternative pathway

antibody via the alternative pathway

None of these

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Immunological memory is due to

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

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

innate response

primary response

secondary response

cellular response

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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

all of these

antibodies

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Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

Embden Meyerhof pathway

Entner-Doudoroff pathway

metabolic pathway

classical pathway

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

Cancer

An allergic response

An autoimmune disease

Passive immunity

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

Huge numbers of white blood cells

Trapped viruses that have been roaming the body

All of these

Lymph ducts that enter and exit the nodes and Lymph fluid

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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

A very high level of antibodies against the disease antigens

Memory B lymphocytes for the antigen of this disease organism

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