Exam 21: The Lymphatic and Immune Systems

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__________ participate in both innate immunity and the immune response.

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A(n)__________ is the region of the molecule that is recognized by antibodies.

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A person who is HIV-positive and has a helper T (TH)cell count lower than __________ has AIDS.

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Clonal selection of T cells happens in the thymus.

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Humoral immunity produces memory by increasing the number of cells and antibodies that can fight off a pathogen in the secondary response.

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__________ lacks the capacity to remember a pathogen or react differently to it in the future,whereas __________ utilizes memory cells to adapt to a given pathogen and ward it off more easily in the future.

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Adaptive immunity involves skin,NK cells,and phagocytosis.

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Basophils of the blood help to get defensive leukocytes to the site quickly by releasing an anticoagulant called __________ and a vasodilator called __________.

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Most Memory B cells are found circulating in the lymph.

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Memory T cells can be up to __________ old.

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Before B cells secrete antibodies,they differentiate into _________.

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Mucous membranes prevent most pathogens from entering the body because of the stickiness of the mucus and the presence of lysozymes.

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Special lymphatic vessels,called lacteals,absorb dietary __________ that are not absorbed by the blood capillaries.

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The serum used for emergency treatment of snakebites stimulates __________ immunity.

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Autoimmune diseases are disorders in which the immune system fails to distinguish __________ from foreign ones.

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Cellular immunity uses B cells and humoral immunity uses antibodies.

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Lymph originates in blood capillaries that pick up tissue fluid.

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Which of the following is not an example of lymphatic tissue?

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Complement fixation cannot lead to __________.

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Which of the following cannot act as antigen-presenting cells?

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