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Immune System

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of white blood cells carries out phagocytosis?

a)

Basophils

b)

Eosinophils

c)

Lymphocytes

d)

Neutrophils

2.

What type of secondary response produces molecules that can create a hole within an antigen that will allow water and sodium to enter the antigen and cause it to burst?

a)

Complement fixation

b)

Inflammatory response

c)

Interferon

d)

Natural killer cells

3.

What type of immune response creates cytokines that are used to destroy the antigen?

a)

Antibody mediated Immunity

b)

Cell-mediated immunity

c)

Humoral Immunity

d)

Phagocytosis

4.

What type of cell boosts the immune system by secreting cytokines?

a)

B Cells

b)

Helper T Cells

c)

Killer Cells

d)

Suppressor T Cells

5.

What is not a result of humoral immunity?

a)

Antigen is formed into harmless substance.

b)

Antigens clump together and are engulfed by macrophages.

c)

Creates compliment fixation.

d)

Phagocytosis occurs.

6.

What type of lymphocyte is only found within lymph tissue?

a)

B Cells

b)

Memory Cells

c)

Plasma Cells

d)

T Cells

7.

What is the location for processing immature lymphocytes until they mature?

a)

Lymph Node

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus Gland

d)

Tonsils

8.

Which is a Primary Lymphatic Organ?

a)

Lymph Nodes

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus Gland

d)

Tonsils

9.

What organ removes foreign material and assists with carrying out immune responses and with phagocytosis of antigens?

a)

Bone Marrow

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus

d)

Tonsils

10.

What initiates the immune system in young, developing animals?

a)

Lymph Nodes

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus

d)

Tonsils

11.

What organ contains macrophages which remove foreign materials?

a)

Lymph Nodes

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus

d)

Tonsils

12.

What is part of the first line of defense of nonspecific immunity?

a)

Lymph Nodes

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus

d)

Tonsils

13.

What type of cells are found within the white pulp?

a)

Granulocytes

b)

Macrophages

c)

Plasma Cells

d)

Red Blood Cells

14.

What primary organ is the site of B and T cell production

a)

Bone Marrow

b)

Spleen

c)

Thymus

d)

Tonsils

15.

When antibodies are passed from the mother during her first lactation to the newborn, it is what kind of immunity?

a)

Artificially Acquired Active Immunity

b)

Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity

c)

Naturally Acquired Active Immunity

d)

Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity

16.

Antitoxins are a type of what kind of immunity?

a)

Artificially Acquired Active Immunity

b)

Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity

c)

Naturally Acquired Active Immunity

d)

Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity

17.

Vaccinations are a type of what kind of immunity?

a)

Artificially Acquired Active Immunity

b)

Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity

c)

Naturally Acquired Active Immunity

d)

Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity

18.

What type of vaccination is produced through altered antigens?

a)

Bacterin

b)

Killed

c)

Live

d)

Modified live

19.

Vaccinations are best stored at what temperature?

a)

Freezing

b)

32° to 40° F

c)

Room temperature

d)

Fluctuating temperature

20.

What type of immune disorder causes the body to become compromised and not fight off antigens, such as bacterial and viral infections?

a)

Allergies

b)

Autoimmune diseases

c)

Immunodeficiency

d)

Immunoproliferatives

21.

What type of immune disorder causes the body to attack itself?

a)

Allergies

b)

Autoimmune diseases

c)

Immunodeficiency

d)

Immunoproliferatives

22.

What type of immune disease causes the body to destroy platelets?

a)

Allergies

b)

Autoimmune diseases

c)

Immunodeficiency

d)

Immunoproliferatives

23.

What type of immune disorder produces growth of tumors that contain large numbers of antibodies?

a)

Allergies

b)

Autoimmune diseases

c)

Immunodeficiency

d)

Immunoproliferatives