Micro 205 Exam 4 (ASU-Daydiff)/54 Q’s and
A’s
What line are specific defenses? - - Third Line
- What constitutes the third line? - - Lymphocytes, anti bodies
- What is specific immunity? - - The bodies ability to recognize and defend
against pathogens
- What is the immune system best at fighting: recognized pathogens or new
ones? - - Recognized pathogens
- What must the specific defense recognize? - - Foreign from self
- What is an antigen? - - Something that triggers a specific immune
response
- What is an epitope? - - region or fragment of a molecule with antigenic
properties
- What is the purpose of the lymphatic system? - - Fluid return network that
screens body for antigens
- What is lymph? - - excess tissue fluid carried by lymphatic vessels
- What are lymphocytes? - - white blood cells (T & B Cells)
- What are lymphatic vessels? - - One way lymph system that conducts from
tissues into the circulatory system
- What do lymphnodes house? - - Leukocytes that recognize anitgens
- Where are lymphnodes? - - Neck, groin, armpit, and abdomen
- What does the spleen do? - - filters pathogens in the blood
- What is clonal deletion? - - The process of destroying B and T cells that
react to self antigens
- What extra molecule must T cells recognize? - - MHC
- What is the self vs nonself b cell charectoristic? - - Clonal deletion creates
nonself recognizers
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