Exam 14: Host Defenses I: Overview and Nonspecific Defenses

A person will typically experience the sensation of _____ when fever is starting to occur in the body.

The granules of basophils contain ______.

After loading wood into a ?replace, you realize you have gotten a splinter in your ?nger. Within a short period of time, your ?nger is painful, red, and swollen, and is warm to the touch. This is an example of ______.

All of the following are events of early inflammation except ______.

What structures are found along lymphatic vessels and are heavily clustered in the armpit, groin, and neck?

Which of the following is incorrect about blood cells?

Monocytes are the mature form of macrophages; they are found in tissues.

The normal human microbiota is considered part of the first line of defense because ______.

In?ammatory responses are orchestrated by the immune system and are part of the body's third line of defense.

One of the major differences between the first and second line of defense is that ______.

Which of the following is incorrect about complement?

If an individual has a genetic disorder whereby they lack the ability to make complement protein C3, the likely consequence is ______.

During inflammation, a high neutrophil count is a common sign of bacterial infection.

Each of the following is a term reflecting a process involved in the migration of white blood cells except ______.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has chemicals in its cell wall that inhibit the fusion of phagocytic vacuoles with lysosomes. Which statement is true?

Lysozyme is found in ______.

Which body region is protected by fatty acids, acidic pH, lactic acid, and a tough cell barrier with its own normal biota?

Components of the first line of defense include all of the following, except _______.

Keratin is an important aspect of nonspecific defense because it ______.

B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes mature in the thymus gland.