Chapter 19 OpenStax microbiology multiple choice questions and matching

Mast cell

Which of the following is the type of cell largely responsible for type I hypersensitivity responses?

Sensitization

Type I hypersensitivities require which of the following initial priming events to occur?

Antibodies

Which of the following are the main mediators/initiators of type II hypersensitivity reactions?

Cell lysis (cytotoxicity)

Inflammatory molecules are released by mast cells in type I hypersensitivities; type II hypersensitivities, however, are characterized by which of the following?

Antibody and antigen molecules

An immune complex is an aggregate of which of the following?

Anti-inflammatory steroid treatments

Which of the following is a common treatment for type III hypersensitivity reactions?

Accumulation of immune complexes in tissues and small blood vessels

Which of the following induces a type III hypersensitivity?

Hemolytic disease of the newborn

Which one of the following is not an example of a type IV hypersensitivity?

Addison disease

Which of the following is an example of an organ-specific autoimmune disease?

Type I diabetes mellitus

Which of the following is an example of a systemic autoimmune disease?

Agammaglobulinemia

Which of the following is a genetic disease that results in lack of production of antibodies?

Severe combined immunodeficiency

Which of the following is a genetic disease that results in almost no adaptive immunity due to lack of B and/ or T cells?

Chronic granulomatous disease

All but which one of the following are examples of secondary immunodeficiencies?

Loss of cell-cycle control

Cancer results when a mutation leads to which of the following?

Self antigens

Tumor antigens are ________ that are inappropriately expressed and found on abnormal cells.

Autograft

donor and recipient are the same individual

Allograft

donor is the same species as the recipient, but genetically different

Xenograft

donor is a different species than the recipient

Isograft

donor is an identical twin of the recipient