Ch 1 Immunology- Highlights of Innate and Adaptive Immune System

An appropriate definition or description of the immune system is:

a. T and B types

b. Specific cellular elements, cell products, and non-lymphoid elements.

c. mononuclear cells

d. Can protect against or be manipulated to treat disease

D. Can protect against or be manipulated to treat disease

An appropriate definition or description of lymphocytes:

a. T and B types

b. Specific cellular elements, cell products, and nonlymphoid elements

c. Segmented cells

d. Condition in which the body's own tissues are attacked as if they were foreign

A. T and B cells

An appropriate definition or description of cooperative interaction is:

a. T and B types

b. Specific cellular elements, cell products, and nonlymphoid elements

c. Mononuclear cells

d. Can protect against or be manipulated to treat disease

B. Specific cellular elements, cell products, and nonlymphoid elements

An appropriate definition or description of nonspecific immune elements is:

a. T and B types

b. Specific cellular elements, cell products, and nonlymphoid elements

c. Mononuclear phagocytes

d. Condition in which the body's own tissues are attacked as if they were foreign

C. Mononuclear phagocytes

An appropriate definition or description of autoimmune disorder is:

a. T and B types

b. Specific cellular elements, cell products, and nonlymphoid elements

c. Mononuclear phagocytes

d. Condition in which the body's own tissues are attacked as if they were foreign

D. Condition in which the body's own tissues are attacked as if they were foreign

A secondary lymphoid tissue in mammals is:

a. thymus

b. lymph nodes

c. bone marrow

d. macrophages

B. Lymph nodes

In mammalian immunologic development, the precursors of neutrophils arise from progenitor cells of the:

a. thymus

b. lymph nodes.

c. spleen

d. bone marrow

D. Bone marrow

The thymus is embryologically derived from the:

a. yolk sac

b. pharyngeal pouches

c. lymphoblasts

d. bone marrow

B. pharyngeal pouches

Humoral components of the adaptive immune system include:

a. T lymphocytes

b. B lymphocytes

c. Antibodies

d. Saliva

C. Antibodies

In adaptive immunity, the mode of acquisition of artificial passive immunity is:

a. Infusion of serum or plasma

b. Transfer in vivo or by colostrum

c. Vaccination

d. Infection

A. Infusion of serum or plasma

A primary function of the eosinophil is:

a. Phagocytosis

b. Suppression of the inflammatory response

c. Response in acute, systemic hypersensitivity reactions

d. Antigen recognition

B. Suppression of the inflammatory response

In adaptive immunity, the mode of acquisition of active natural immunity is:

a. Infusion of serum or plasma

b. Transfer in vivo or by colostrum

c. Vaccination

d. Infection

D. Infection

The cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system include:

A. Monocytes and promonocytes

B. Monocytes and macrophages

C. Lymphocytes and monocytes

D. Both a and b

D. Both a and b

Another term for adaptive immunity is:

a. Antigenic immunity

b. Acquired immunity

c. Lymphocyte-reactive immunity

d. Phagocytosis

B. Acquired immunity

In adaptive immunity acquired by active natural immunity, the duration of the presence of circulating antibody is __________ some other types

of responses.

a. Shorter than

b. Longer than

c. Equivalent to

B. Longer than

In adaptive immunity acquired by artificial active immunity, the duration of the presence of circulating antibody is __________ some other types of responses.

a. Shorter than

b. Longer than

c. Equivalent to

B. Longer than

In adaptive immunity acquired by passive natural immunity, the duration of the presence of circulating antibody is __________ some other types of responses.

a. Shorter than

b. Longer than

c. Equivalent to

A. Shorter than

In adaptive immunity, the mode of acquisition of passive natural immunity is:

a. Infusion of serum or plasma

b. Transfer in vivo or by colostrum

c. Vaccination

d. Infection

B. Transfer in vivo or by colostrum