Deck 10: Immune Lymphatic System

Question 1

Which of the following is found in the red pulp of the spleen?

A) B and T cells
B) Central arteriole
C) Corona
D) Periarteriolar lymphoid sheath
E) Splenic cords

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Macromolecules that induce the immune system to make certain responses are called

A) Antibodies
B) Antigens
C) Complement
D) Cytokines
E) Interferons

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The major histocompatibility complex

A) Activates B cells to produce specific antibodies
B) Differentiates into cytotoxic T cells upon re-exposure to a known pathogen
C) Helps T cells recognize antigens as nonself
D) Recognizes and kills viral cells by secreting perforin
E) Secretes interferon on contact with a virus

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following belong to the developing rather than the stromal population of cells in the thymus?

A) Dendritic cells
B) Double-negative T cells
C) Hassall's corpuscles
D) Macrophages
E) Thymic cortical epithelial cells

Question 5

Activated B cells proliferate in the _____ of a lymph node.

A) Capsule
B) Germinal center
C) Mantle zone
D) Subcapsular sinus
E) Trabeculae

Question 6

When a child develops measles and acquires immunity to a subsequent infection, this type of immunity is called

A) Adaptive immunity
B) Artificial immunity
C) Inherited immunity
D) Natural immunity
E) Passive immunity

Question 7

Helper T cells

A) Activate B cells to produce specific antibodies
B) Differentiate into cytotoxic T cells upon re-exposure to a known pathogen
C) Help T cells recognize antigens as nonself
D) Recognize and kill viral cells by secreting perforin
E) Secrete interferon upon contact with a virus

Question 8

The humoral immune response is carried out by

A) B lymphocytes
B) Erythrocytes
C) Neutrophils
D) T lymphocytes
E) Thrombocytes