Immune System Test

Cells that ingest pathogens through endocytosis are called...

• plasma cells

• phagocytes

• helper B cells

• antibodies

Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n

• lymph cell
• antigen
• antibody
• pathogen

What do scientists call bacteria and viruses that can make people sick?  

• diseases
• vaccines
• antibodies
• pathogens

 Like all other body systems, the immune system helps the body maintain homeostasis.  Which statement best describes how the immune system does this?  

• it protects other organs and tissues from infection and disease
• it breaks down food to provide cells with nutrients
• it gathers information through the senses and controls all other body systems
•  it transports oxygen and carbon dioxide

Diseases are passed from human to human by which type of germs: 

• Viruses, influenza, HIV, and vaccines

• Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa

• Viruses, cancers, mutagens, and DNA

• Viruses, blood, pollutants, and symptoms

What do B cells produce?

• antigens
• macrophages
• T cells
• antibodies

Where do T cells mature?

• lymph node
• bone marrow
• thymus
• liver

You have noticed that your lymph nodes in your armpit are swollen. What do you think that could mean?

• your body is making lymph for cushion

• your body has extra white blood cells to fight

• the node is plugged

• that is normal, they swell and shrink randomly

The capillaries in our bodies "leak fluid" to nearby cells. Vessels return the extra fluid back to the circulatory system. What is this fluid?

• lymph

• blood

• cytoplasm

• leukocytes

Which proteins are designed to clump antigens together so the antigens can be destroyed?

• Antigens

• Active Immunity

• Antibodies

• Antibiotics