Workshop Quizzes

Quizzes 12-14

A deficiency of ___ produces goiter in humans

iodine

Vitamins ___ and ___ are produced within the human body.

D and K

Choanocytes are found in ___ and participate in intracellular digestion

sponges

How does a calorie differ from a Calorie?

One Calorie equals 1000 calories

Humans are an example of what feeding type?

bulk feeders

The cells of the innate immune response that are involved in destroying cells infected with viruses are called ___

natural killer cells

Which of these cells are not a part of innate immune response?

Neutrophils, natural killer cells, mast cells, T lymphocytes, monocytes

T lymphocytes

T/F: Antigens bind to the constant regions of antibodies.

false

one possible function of cytokines is to ___

make endothelial cells stickier for leukocytes

T/F: Innate immune response provides a very specific response and possess immunological memory.

False

The first type of antibody secreted in an antibody-mediated immune response is ___

IgM

The most abundant antibody circulating in the blood and lymphatic system is ___

IgG

The innate immune system recognizes specific structures on the cell surface of the pathogenic microorganisms called…

pathogen-associated molecular patterns

The corresponding structures on phagocytic cells that recognize these structures on the pathogenic microorganisms are called…

pattern recognition receptors

The small region on n antigen molecule which binds specifically to a B-cell receptor or a T-cell receptor is called an

epitope/antigenic determinant

A foreign molecule that triggers an adaptive immune response is called a(n)

antigen

A CD4+ T cell binds to an antigen only if this antigen is ___

in a complex with class II MHC molecule

B cells mature in the ___, while T cells mature in the ___

bone marrow; thymus

The major source of diversity for B cell and T cell receptors is

random recombination of gene segments

An antibody molecule consists of ___ polypeptide chains

two heavy and two light