Inflammation and Fever

The inflammatory response is always harmful.

• True

• False

The inflammatory response can limit the infection to a small area of the body.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a sign of inflammation?

• redness

• heat

• swelling

• fever

What type of immune response is inflammation?

• Specific

• Non-specific

At the beginning of a fever, does a person typically "feel" cold or warm?

• cold

• warm

• neither

These mechanisms cause body temperature to increase during a fever

• vasoconstriction

• vasodilation

• sweating

• shivering

The process where leukocytes engulf and digest bacteria

• leukocytosis

• pathogenesis

• hydrostatic pressure

• phagocytosis

Inflammation is designed to be a protective mechanism

• true

• false

Which one of the following is not the sign of inflammation.

• Bleeding

• Pain

• Redness

• Swelling

What is the job of your immune system?

• To protect you from disease

• To send chemical message called hormones

• To control the body with electrical impulses

• To break down food

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