Immune System Miller and Levine

Which organ filters foreign material from the blood?

• Stomach

• Thymus gland

• Spleen

• Heart

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

Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...

• autoimmune diseases

• helper t-cells

• fever

• antibodies

Which system has the primary function of fighting disease?

• circulatory

• integumentary

• immune

• respiratory

Which of the following illness is caused by pathogens?

• Bruise

• Blood Clot

• Diabetes

• Influenza

The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  

• hair and inflammation

• white blood cells and sweat

• inflammation and white blood cells

• skin and mucus

This allows us to develop an artificial immunity to a disease without ever getting sick from the disease.

• antibiotics

• vaccines

• blood transfusions

How are vaccinations able to help us develop immunity?

• Exposure to disease creates antibodies which make us immune

• Exposure to antibodies which makes us the disease immune to us

• Exposure to immunity's which make us antibodies to the disease

The immune system fights diseases. The circulatory system pairs with the immune system because ___.

• blood is made in the bones.

• plasma carries nutrients.

• red blood cells carry oxygen.

• white blood cells fight infection.

The purpose of the immune system is to ....

• a. help germs invade your body

• c. make your nose run

• b. fight of sickness

• d. give your diarrhea