Immune System Review

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles

• protect the body from pathogens

• get rid of waste from the body

• move blood through the body

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What are the two types of lymphocytes?

• B-cells

• Bone marrow

• T-cells

• Antibodies

What does B-cell do/make?

• protect the body from

  (bacteria, virus, and the other pathogens)

• make antibodies to fight a foreign body in a variety of ways

• kill the body's own cells that have already been taken over by a foreign body.

• helps to control the amount of blood in the body and destroys old blood cells.

White blood cell also known as?

• Antibodies

• Immune

• Leukocytes

• Organism

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What is the function of the spleen?

• Helps to control the amount of blood in the body and destroys old blood cells.

• Destroy any disease-causing organisms that enter the body

• Make antibodies to fight foreign body

• Stores and filters the blood

What are the two types of immune systems?

• Acquired & Adaptive
• Innate & Acquired
• Innate & Autoimmune
• Red & White Blood Cells

What is phagocytosis?

• WBCs
• When cells eat other cells
• When a cell collapses
• When a cell releases nutrients

What is the lifespan of adaptive immunity (specific immunity)?

• It only remains for a short time

• It always lasts throughout the person's life

• Its lifespan can be either lifelong or short

• None of the above

All foreign materials that cause a response from the immune system are called _____________________.

• Antigens
• Active Immunity
• Antibodies
• Antibiotics

Proteins produced by B cells and designed to mark antigens to be destroyed, specific to the antigen.

• Antigens
• Active Immunity
• Antibodies
• Antibiotics