IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

In cellular immunity, T lymphocytes are responsible for the recognition and killing of foreign invaders. The cells are

both (a) and (b)

None of these

cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)

killer T cells

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

cellular response

secondary response

primary response

innate response

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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 allergic response

An autoimmune disease

Cancer

Passive immunity

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

Histamines

Drugs

Vaccines

Antibiotics

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Immunological memory is due to

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

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

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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

Lymph ducts that enter and exit the nodes and Lymph fluid

All of these

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

serum antibody titer

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

plasma cytokine levels

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

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Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

classical pathway

metabolic pathway

Embden Meyerhof pathway

Entner-Doudoroff pathway

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

Vaccine

Histamine

Antiserum

Interferon

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

helper T cells

antigens

virus fragments

antibodies

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