Immune System Quiz

Injury to body tissues triggers the __ response.

• inflammatory
• Immune

• Antibody

• Fever

__ may be triggered by the hypothalamus in response to pyrogens.

• Fever
• Inflammation

• Swelling

• Redness

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Humoral immunity is also called __-mediated immunity.

• antibody
• Cell

• T-cell

• Active

The type of lymphocytes associated with cell-mediated immunity is __.

• T cells
• B cells

• Plasma cells

• Antibodies

Most B cell clones develop into __ cells.

• plasma
• Helper

• Cytotoxic

• Memory

The type of immunity that provides immunological memory, such as from vaccines, is __.

• Active

• Passive

• Humoral

• Cellular

__ T cells can directly attack infected cells and cancer cells.

• Cytotoxic
• Helper

• Plasma

• Memory

An acute systemic allergic reaction is called __.

• Anaphylaxis

• Asthma

• Fever

• Urticaria

Match the following

• vaccines

• abnormally vigorous immune response to otherwise harmless substance

• complement

• contain dead or weakened pathogens, provide artificial immunity

• immunity

• highly specific resistance to disease

• allergy

• any substance that causes an immune response

• antigen

• plasma proteins that attach to foreign cells so they can be destroyed

Match the following

• pathogen

• proteins formed in response to specific antigens

• antibodies

• harmful or disease-causing microorganisms

• diapedesis

• movement of white blood cells from capillaries into tissues

• mucous

• membranes that line open body cavities

• autoimmune

• disease that occurs when the immune system cannot distinguish between self and non-self

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