Stages of Inflammatory Response

When collagen is exposed, it will trigger histamine release by the ___

• Atibodies

• Mast cells

• T cells

• B cells

Physical contact between bacteria and WBCs is called

• Initiation

• Adherence

• Recognition

• Exocytosis

Which interleukin induces fever?

• IL-1

• IL-2

• IL-4

• IL-10

Which interleukin stimulates the liver to produce acute phase reactants (like CRP)?

• a. IL-6

• b. IL-1

• c. IL-2

• d. IL-12

Which interleukin stimulates Natural Killer (NK) cells?

• a. IL-1

• b. IL-2

• c. IL-12

• d. IL-4

The recruitment of phagocytic cells to the site of infection is called:

• Opsonization

• Diapedesis

• Chemotaxis

• Margination

Chemicals that initiate chemotaxis are called:

• a. Cytokines

• b. Complement proteins

• c. Chemotaxins

• d. Interleukins

Most potent chemotaxin is:

• a. IL-8

• b. C3a

• c. C5a

• d. Histamine

When a WBC ingests a pathogen, it becomes a:

• a. Phagosome

• b. Phagocyte

• c. Antigen-presenting cell

• d. Cytotoxic cell

A digestive vesicle formed by fusion of a phagosome and lysosome is called:

• a. Endosome

• b. Phagolysosome

• c. Apoptosome

• d. Exosome