QUIZ on immunity per 3/4

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles
• get rid of waste from the body
• protect the body from pathogens
• move blood through the body

Any virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasite that can cause a disease in a living thing is called a

• cancer.

• pathogen.

• gene.

• toxin.

Which one is a way the body defends against a pathogen?

• Fever

• Stomach Acid digesting

• White Blood Cells releasing antibodies

• All of these are correct

Cells that ingest/engulf pathogens are

• plasma cells

• phagocytic cells

• helper T cells

• antibodies

Which of the following are examples of innate (non-specific) immunity?

• Skin forms a physical and antiseptic barrier to pathogens

• Leukocytes detect the antigens of the E.coli bacterium and produce antibodies

• Macrophages engulf bacterial cells at the site of infection

• The body produces large numbers of memory cells with specific antibodies

Bacteria can harm your body and cause disease by...

• destroying cells and capturing toxins

• damaging tissue and releasing toxins

• damaging organs and ingesting cells

• causing fungus and viruses to grow

A protein, toxin or other substance which creates an immune response and the production of antibodies

• Foreign Antigen

• Pathogen

• Antibody

• Immunity

Which parts of the respiratory system keep pathogens from reaching the inside of your body? (select all that apply)

• nose hair

• lungs

• mucus

• blood

Select 3 ways that your digestive system works to protect you form pathogens that have entered your body on food?

• by using stomach acids to neutralize the pathogen

• causing you to vomit

• causing you to have diarrhea

• causing you to burp

A white blood cell that makes antibodies

• T cell lymphocyte

• bacteria

• B cell lymphocyte

• mast cell