Lymphatic System Review

Vaccinations are used for

• Curing the illness
• Preventing the Illness
• Getting the illness

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles
• get rid of waste from the body
• protect the body from pathogens
• move blood through the body

Which type of cells make antibodies?

• A cells
• B cells
• M cells
• T cells

What is the body's hypersensitive response to an outside substance that is otherwise harmless?

• autoimmune disease
• allergy
• Hodgkin's disease
• cardiovascular disease

Foreign proteins that gain access to the body through cuts and scrapes, through the digestive or circulatory systems, or through the urinary and reproductive systems are called ____.

• mineralocorticoids

• immunoglobulins

• antigens

• antibodies

Immunity that can be acquired naturally, such as when we are exposed to a bacterial or viral infection, or that can be acquired artificially, such as when we receive a vaccine, is known as ____.

• antigen presentation

• passive immunity

• active immunity

• congenital immunity

Cells that are descendants of activated T and B cells produced during an initial immune response, which exist in the body for years, enabling it to respond quickly to future infections, are known as ____.

• memory cells

• killer B's

• suppressor T cells

• killer T cells

Lymphocytes that produce antibodies and provide humoral immunity, which is particularly effective against circulating bacterial and viral infections, are called ____.

• A lymphocytes

• B lymphocytes

• D lymphocytes

• T lymphocytes

The lymphocytes that kill virus-invaded and cancerous body cells and are also involved in graft rejections are the ____.

• B cells

• plasma cells

• memory cells

• killer T cells

Antigens cause the immune system to produce high molecular weight proteins called immunoglobulins or ____.

• antibodies

• mineralcocortiocoids

• antigens

• pathogens