Immune System

True/False: Your body cannot make antibodies for pathogens that you have never been in contact with.

• True, because your body needs to encounter the pathogen at least once in order to create the antibodies.

• False, because you can make antibodies via immunizations given by a doctor.

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The immune system works with all of the following system EXCEPT...

• the integumentary

• the lymphatic

• the muscular

• the cardiovascular

What is the function of antibodies within the immune system?

• Antibodies kill off any antigen that enters the body.

• Antibodies are only made when you are given a vaccination for specific antigens.

• Antibodies bind to specific antigens to flag for destruction.

• Antibodies are part of an external defense mechanism.

All of the following are examples of white blood cells EXCEPT

• Killer T cells

• Supporter T cells

• Macrophage

• Vaccine

• B Cell

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What happens after the second time you are exposed to a pathogen?

• The body will not be able to fight off the pathogen quickly, because it knows how to get into the body easier.

• The body's immune system will react the same was as it did during the first exposure.

• The body can only be exposed to a pathogen a second time if you do not have a vaccine.

• The body will know how to fight off the pathogen quickly, because memory cells have been created after the first encounter.

Some examples of external defenses are...

• Skin

• Mucus

• Inflammation

• Saliva

• Sweat

Which of the following statements is TRUE about someone's immune system that has allergies?

• Body cells are dividing at an uncontrolled rate.

• The body is reacting to foreign antigens that are not dangerous to most people.

• T cells and B cells in the body cannot be activated.

• The body is mistaking its own cells for foreign antigens.

Pathogens are...

• Foreign substances that attack the body.

• White blood cells that attack foreign substances that enter the body.

• A type of internal defense mechanism in the immune system.

• Proteins that cause disease.

Cells that ingest pathogens are

• plasma cells
• phagocytic cells
• helper T cells
• antibodies

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Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n

• lymph cell
• antigen
• antibody
• neutrop