Immunity

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

What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?

• Anti inflammatory
• Antigens
• Antiseptic
• Antibodies

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

• Fever
• Stomach Acid digesting
• White Blood Cells fighing
• All of these are correct

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Pathogens are recognized by their...

• antigens
• antibodies
• killer t-cells
• B-cells

 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

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The picture below illustrates one internal part of the body’s immune system. What process is illustrated in the picture?  

• a skin cell destroying germs.
• inflammation near an opened wound
• a white blood cell destroying pathogens
• mucus in the lungs destroying pathogens

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 Liz notices that shortly after cutting her arm accidentally the area around the cut is turning red and feeling hot.  Which immune system defense is Liz experiencing?  

• inflammation
• white blood cell clotting
• skin
• fever

Cells that ingest pathogens are

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

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The ______________ system returns interstitial fluid to the blood stream.

• ureters
• spleen
• thymus
• lymph vessels

T cells are made in the___________

• bone marrow
• spleen
• thymus
• tonsiles