Exam 13: Host Defenses II: Specific Immunity and Immunization

During which response to the antigen do we display a latent period of no secretory antibody synthesis?

Each ________ fragment of an antibody molecule contains the variable regions of a heavy and light chain that folds into a groove for one epitope.

Which statement is true regarding lymphocyte specificity?

Gamma-delta T cells ________.

Which of the following statements is false regarding the development of specific immunity?

Plasma cells ________.

A 2-week-old infant is brought to a family practice office for a scheduled visit. The parents appear anxious, as this is their first child. They express multiple concerns to the nurse about their son's sleep patterns, feeding, and crying. The RN provides empathetic listening and education to calm their fears, and they are receptive to the teaching. When the RN discusses vaccination with the parents, they refuse to vaccinate their son because they have heard vaccines can cause autism in children. -The parents are concerned when they hear that vaccines consist of whole microbes,even if they have been inactivated.They state that they do not want whole bacteria being put into their son.What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?  

Properties of effective antigens include all the following except ________.

Which immunoglobulin class(es)can fix complement?

Acquired specific immunity involves the response of ________.

A foreign molecule that causes a specific immune response is a(n)________.

Small foreign molecules that are too small by themselves to elicit an immune response are termed ________.

Immunotherapy is the ________.

Destruction of lymphocytes with self specificity is called ________.

An RN working in a general medical-surgical unit is caring for a 57-year-old female with a bladder infection. Two weeks prior to hospitalization, the patient was experiencing slight burning upon urination. She self-treated by increasing her intake of fluids, but her symptoms continued to worsen. One week later, she developed generalized abdominal pain and a fever. She presented to the hospital when the pain became unbearable and fever reached 104°F. She was admitted to the medical-surgical unit and started on multiple IV antibiotics with concern that she could be developing a kidney infection. -Which line(s)of defense has/have been breached in this patient's case? 

Which process involves antibodies covering surface receptors on a virus or toxin molecule thereby disrupting their activity?

B cell-receptors are similar to T cell-receptors in that ________.

Activation of B cells occurs when antigen binds to B-cell surface immunoglobulin receptors.

Cell surface markers involved in immune reactions ________.

An example of artificial passive immunity would be ________.