Immunology: T cell development slide 9

T lymphocytes derive from the common myeloid progenitor

• True

• False

Answer explanation

T cells derive from the common lymphoid progenitor

Where do T cells develop?

• bone marrow

• thymus

T cells are involved in the ___ immune response.

• innate

• adaptive

Select all of the following that is true about T cells.

• Require and educational process

• highly specific

• acquired immunity

• innate immunity

What are the two "lineages" of T cells?

• aB

• yG

Which of the two lineages make the majority of T cells?

• aB

• yG

The thymus and the proportion of T cells it produces increases with age.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

it decreases with age

Which of the following statements about the thymus is true?

• the thymus is fully developed after the age of 1

• the thymus if fully developed before birth

Which of the following about the thymus is true?

• the thymus begins to degenerate at the age of 25

• the thymus begins to degenerate at the age of 1

Answer explanation

the area is replaced with fatty tissue

Involution of the thymus

• the thymus steadily decreases with age

• the thymus steadily increases with age