Exam 12: Host Defenses I: Overview and Nonspecific Defenses

Which of the following is incorrect about complement?

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. The mother of 6-year-old Mary has brought her daughter into the pediatrician’s office where you work, complaining Mary has had a sore throat for several days and a fever. She has had a fever up to 104F that seems worse at night, but seems to respond to treatment with acetaminophen. Mary has not been eating or drinking as much either because she says “it hurts to swallow.” She is ill-appearing, and does not seem interested in playing with the toys or reading the books that are in the examination room. The doctor noted a thick, white exudate coating on both of Mary’s tonsils, which also seem enlarged. The doctor ordered a throat culture swab, as well as a complete blood count with differentials. -The in-house lab performs the complete blood count with cell differential while Mary is still in the office.It shows an elevated white blood cell count,as well as an increase in neutrophils.What is this most likely a sign of?

The body region where a ciliary escalator helps to sweep microbes trapped in mucus away from that body site is the

Complement proteins are produced by the spleen.

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. Mario is a 35-year-old male who has come into your ER with a laceration to his left hand. According to Mario, he was working on home renovations in his 1945 city bungalow, when an old board fell from a shelf and injured his hand. The laceration is a cut about 3 inches long, but fairly shallow. It appears that it was bleeding pretty heavily, but he has stopped the bleeding by holding pressure on it with an old t-shirt. He said it happened about an hour ago. -At this phase of injury,how would you expect the area surrounding the injury to present?

The least numerous of all white blood cells that release histamine during inflammation and allergic reactions are

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

All of the following pertain to platelets except they

Which of the following is incorrect about inflammation?

All of the following pertain to interferon except it

Immune system cells differentiate between self and foreign cells by their

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. The mother of 6-year-old Mary has brought her daughter into the pediatrician’s office where you work, complaining Mary has had a sore throat for several days and a fever. She has had a fever up to 104F that seems worse at night, but seems to respond to treatment with acetaminophen. Mary has not been eating or drinking as much either because she says “it hurts to swallow.” She is ill-appearing, and does not seem interested in playing with the toys or reading the books that are in the examination room. The doctor noted a thick, white exudate coating on both of Mary’s tonsils, which also seem enlarged. The doctor ordered a throat culture swab, as well as a complete blood count with differentials. -Why are Mary's tonsils swollen?

The most numerous WBCs that have multilobed nuclei and are very phagocytic are

The blood cells that function in allergic reactions and inflammation,contain peroxidase and lysozyme,and particularly target parasitic worms and fungi are

Which of the following is incorrect about blood cells?

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

A properly functioning immune system is responsible for

The _____ system of blood proteins acts to lyse foreign cells and viruses.

The four classic signs and symptoms of inflammation include all the following except

During phagocytosis,intracellular digestion begins as soon as the phagosome is formed.