Immune Responses Anatomy & Physiology Immune System and Disease Immune Responses Questions Is the lymphocyte count elevated in lymphoma ? What is the difference between B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes? What is a T4 lymphocyte? What are "atypical" lymphocytes? When does your body make antibodies? What activates the body to make antibodies or are they continually being produced? The proteins contained in foreign invaders which antibodies lock onto to neutralize are called what? Is the administration to humans of tetanus antitoxin that is produced in a horse in response to the inactivated tetanus toxin an example of passive immunity? What are lymphocytes and why are they important to immunity? How do lymphocytes aid in the body's defense? How do lymphocytes become activated? How do lymphocytes travel around the body? How does chemotherapy affect lymphocytes? How does HIV infect T-lymphocytes? How do lymphocytes and phagocytes kill pathogens? What are some examples of lymphocytes? Why are lymphocytes tested in a complete blood count? What do they signify? What is the difference between a leukocyte and a lymphocyte? What are the causes of vaculated lymphocytes? Is this an inherited disorders? Do T cells comprise 90% of the circulating lymphocytes? Why are there no antiviral drugs available? What issues affect the development of antiviral drugs? How do B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes recognize specific antigens? What are the respective roles of T Lymphocytes and B Lymphocytes in immunity? In what tissue do B and T-lymphocytes originate? What are the two steps involved in lymphocyte “maturation"? Is there a difference between granulocytes, lymphocytes, and monocytes in terms of function? Are the three main types of lymphocytes T-cells, B cells, and macrophages? What are neutrophils and eosinophils? Is phagocytosis the general name for the engulfing of a foreign body? Does that mean both monocytes and phagocytes can perform phagocyosis? What is an antigen? What is an antigen-antibody reaction? What is antigenic drift? How antigens relate related to antibodies? How do antigens enter the body? How do antigens and antibodies differ? How do antigens and antibodies work together? How many antigens can a normal antibody bind? How many antigens can an antibody recognize? How many antigens can IgG bind? How are antigens detected? How is an antigen prepared? How is the word "antigen" pronounced? What antigen is present in type A blood? What antigens are present in type A negative blood? What antigens are present in O-negative blood? What antigens are present in type AB blood? Why is prostate specific antigen (PSA) important? What is the difference between an antigen and a pathogen? What is the difference between an antigen and an allergen? What is the difference between an epitope and an antigen? Does an antibody bind onto the epitope or the antigen? What is an example of a self-antigen? What are B-cells and T-cells? Does blood type O have an antigen? How do antibodies and antigens work together in the blood? What antibodies are present in each blood type? Is bacteria an antigen? If not, what is the difference between bacteria and an antigen? Where do antigens come from? What is Antibody Anti-JKa? What is the function of antigen presenting cells? What is Antibody E? What exactly is HBsAg and HBsAb? What exactly is the difference between HBsAg and HBsAb? Are they antibodies that protect against the HBV or is it the actual virus? What type of blood contains A antibodies (but not B antibodies) in the plasma and lacks Rh antigens? What is the study of antigen-antibody reactions? What are the first antibodies to be produced in a primary immune response? What is a super-antigen? Can a baby with blood type O have a father with blood type B? Why or why not? What are the expected clumping results when each type of blood is mixed with each antibody? The antibodies are Anti-A, Anti-B, and Anti-Rh. How do I know if the different blood types (A+, A-, B+, B-, etc) clump with any of the antibodies? What are three antigens that may be present on human red blood cells? Do only pathogens have antigens? In IgG, what is the antigen binding site formed by? What is the meaning of agglutination? What kind of antigens does a person with type O blood have? Do they have A, B, AB, or O antigens? Is HCG (human chrionic gonadotropin) an antigen or antibody? What does it mean to test positive to a antibody/antigen test? When a new antigen first challenges the immune system, if the primary immune response produce B cells, what are the fates of those B cells? A person with antigen A on their red blood cells can donate blood to someone with what blood type? How do the antibodies destroy the substance produced by an antigen? What is HB antigen? What is the relation between an antigen and a vaccine? What is the antibody anti K? In order for a lymphocyte to respond to an antigen, must the antigen be phagocytized by the lymphocyte? Must the antigen enter the cytoplasm of the lymphocyte? How many epitopes does an antigen have? What do memory cells remember? What type of immunity is due to the injection of an antigen? In the ELISA test, what do primary antibodies & secondary antibodies do? What chemical do cytotoxic T cells release? What do memory cytotoxic T cells do? What does an activated helper T cell release? What does a cytotoxic T cell attached to an infected body cell release? In the adaptive immune response, do Helper T cells activate B cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes to kill infected host cells? Do Helper T cells phagocytize bacteria and viruses? Milly has just received a kidney transplant and is taking cyclosporin. What exactly does this medication do, and how does it do this? How do B cells depend on T cells? Does a cytotoxic T cell protect or defend? Where do lymphocytes and phagocytes work, how do they work, and what they do? Are there white blood cells in lymphatic fluid and what is their purpose? It is said, "No T cells, no immunity." How can this statement be explained? What is the immune system? What do B cells make when they recognize antigens? What does it mean if you are "negative hepatitis b surface antigen"? Why is sperm not considered as an antigen even though it is foreign to the woman's body? What is the difference between antibody capture ELISA and Sandwich ELISA? How many possible blood antigen combinations are there? How do antigens and antibodies of the blood develop? In an ELISA test, what reasons could there be for a positive test when you don't have the disease? What is the difference between the four types of human immunity? What is the definition of Non-Specific & Specific Immunity? What is artificially acquired humoral immunity? What type of things do T cells attack? What is the difference between active and passive immunity? What two ways can passive immunity develop? What role do the helper t cells play in the immune response? What is the humoral concept of disease? Which of the following process provides a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells: Nonspecific response, Inflammatory response, Humoral immunity, or Cell-mediated immunity? HELLLPPP!? Do toxoid vaccines result in passive or active immunity? How can this be explained? Which occurs faster, primary or secondary immune response? Aglutiation in humoral immune responses is carried out by what? What role do B-cells play in the body's immune reaponse? What kind of cells are like soldiers in the cellular immunity response, because locate and destroy infected body cells? What are 3 or 4 reasons why the innate immune system is important? What is the auto-immune system? What causes a weakened immune system? What is a lymph and how is it related to the immune system? Can a physically fit person fight off infectious diseases better than others? How does humoral immunity protect the body? How is active humoral immunity achieved? What are examples of humoral immunity? Why is it called humoral immunity? Does HIV infect CD4 cells? Why are CD4 levels measured? Are antigens made of glycoproteins? What is the medical term for a substance that produces a hypersensitivity reaction? Immune System and Disease View all chapters Nonspecific Defenses Immune Responses Immune System Diseases Environmental Problems and Human Health Prev Next