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- 5. White blood cells, including T-cells, B-cells, and natural killer cells, that are central to the immune system's functioning are known as?
- 7. What disease results when the body’s self-tolerance breaks down?
- 10. The two types of immunity
- 14. A condition in which the immune system's ability to fight off infections is compromised.
- 15. What reactions are the most common allergic responses and typically result in inflammation, difficulty breathing, and a runny nose?
- 16. Antibodies belong to a group of plasma proteins called?
- 17. Antigen-presenting cells (APC) include dendrite cells, B cells and "_______"?
- 18. A lymphocyte that undergoes clonal selection gives rise to two major types of cells in the clone: effector and "________" cells?
- 19. "________ "selection is the process by which a lymphocyte proliferates(divides) and differentiates (forms more highly specialized cells) in response to a specific antigen.
- 21. A T-cell becomes activated only if its antigen receptor binds to the foreign antigen (antigen recognition) and at the same time it receives a second stimulating signal, a process known as?
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- 1. Fill in the blank on figure 1
- 2. What are disease-causing organisms?
- 3. What cells of a lymphocyte clone carry out immune responses that ultimately result in the destruction or inactivation of the antigen?
- 4. "___________"memory is due to the presence of long-lasting antibodies and very long-lived lymphocytes that arise during division and differentiation of antigen-stimulated B cells and T cells.
- 6. What is a nonspecific defensive response of the body to tissue damage?
- 8. What does the "H" in MHC stand for? (Major "_________" Complex)
- 9. How many classes are antibodies grouped in?
- 11. Any substances regarded as foreign is called an"______"?
- 12. Name the process of becoming immune to a disease through vaccination.
- 13. What is released in inflamed areas enhances the inflammatory reaction?
- 20. and "______"?
- 22. An organ in the chest where T-cells mature and develop.
