Unit 6 Exam

An organism that causes disease

• antibiotic

• antibody

• pathogen

• white blood cell

A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies:

• antibody

• antigen

• natural killer cell

• B cell

Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents:

• red blood cells

• lymph

• antigen

• antibodies

Immunity that is present before exposure and effective from birth. Responds to a broad range of pathogens and acts as the 1st and 2nd line of defense.

Ex. Skin, Mucus, and Fever

• innate immunity

• adaptive immunity

• cell-mediated immunity

• humoral immunity

A type of white blood cell that ingests or eats invading microbes:

• plasma

• red blood cell

• cancer cell

• phagocyte

What are the two types of Adaptive Immunity?

• humoral and cell-mediated

• innate and placental

• fever and inflammation

What is the type of adaptive immunity that deals with T lymphocytes and directly targets infected cells, cancerous cells, or transplanted cells?

• B cell

• humoral

• cell-mediated

• innate

What type of immunity does a vaccine provide?

• innate

• adaptive

The resistance of a group to an attack by a disease to which a large proportion of the members of the group are immune is known as:

• pandemic

• individual immunity

• vaccination proclamation

• herd immunity

What tissue/organ of the lymphatic system filters lymph?

• tonsils

• spleen

• lymph nodes

• liver