Nursing 3050: immune system Problem set Exam Questions with all answers Correctly provided Latest 2024/2025
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Nursing 3050: immune system Problem set Exam Questions with all answers Correctly provided Latest 2024/2025
Describe the function of cytokines involved in the adaptive immune response - correct answer cytokines secrete in response, influence the function of nearly all other cells of the immune s...
Nursing 3050: immune system
Problem set Exam Questions with all
answers Correctly provided Latest
2024/2025
Describe the function of cytokines involved in the adaptive
immune response - correct answer cytokines secrete in
response, influence the function of nearly all other cells of the
immune system
Active immunity - correct answer occurs when our own immune
system is responsible for protecting us from a pathogen
Passive immunity - correct answer occurs when we are
protected from a pathogen by immunity gained from someone
else
Identify the structures in the body that make up the lymphatic
system - correct answer lymph, lymph nodes, thymus, spleen
Describe the changes in the immune system response that occur
during the normal aging process - correct answer reduced
production of b and t cells in bone marrow and thymus and
diminished function of mature lymphocytes in secondary
lymphoid tissues
Hemostasis - correct answer the stoppage of bleeding; blood
clotting.
,Pathophysiology - correct answer the study of how normal
physiologic processes are affected by disease.
Titer - correct answer number of infectious units per volume of
fluid
Pandemic - correct answer disease that occurs over a wide
geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the
population.
Endemic - correct answer confined to a particular country or
area
Epidemic disease - correct answer disease acquired by many
people in a given area in a short time
Immunocompetent - correct answer ability to develop an
immune response or recognize antigens and respond to them
Antibodies - correct answer proteins that attach to antigens,
keeping them from harming the body
Antigen - correct answer a toxin or other foreign substance that
induces an immune response in the body, especially the
production of antibodies.
Degranulation - correct answer release of chemical mediators
in the form of extracellular granules.
, Diapedesis - correct answer the passage of blood cells through
the intact walls of the capillaries, typically accompanying
inflammation.
Chemotaxis - correct answer cell movement that occurs in
response to chemical stimulus
Apotsis - correct answer cells intentionally dies
Ischemia - correct answer an inadequate blood supply to an
organ or part of the body, especially the heart muscles.
Virulence - correct answer ability to produce disease
Communicability - correct answer ability to spread from one
individual to others and cause disease
Antibodies - correct answer specialized proteins that aid in
destroying infectious agents
Purpose of blood brain barrier - correct answer to protect the
brain from harmful compounds entering the brain tissue.
Keeps out toxic substances, keeps electrolytes in balance
Monroe kelly doctrine - correct answer the sum of volumes of
the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, and intracerebral remains
constant
The head is solid bone
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