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A bone marrow transplant may not be appropriate from a given donor (Jane) to a given recipient
(Jane's cousin Bob), even though Jane has previously given blood for one of Bob's needed
transfusions, because - ANSWER: even though Jane's blood type is a match to Bob's, her MHC
proteins may not be a match

Organisms with a circulating body fluid that is distinct from the fluid that directly surrounds the body's
cells are likely to have - ANSWER: a closed circulatory system

Which of the following is the correct sequence of blood flow in reptiles and mammals? - ANSWER:
vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary circuit

Dialysis patients, who will have blood withdrawn, dialyzed, then replaced, are always weighed when
they enter the facility and then weighed carefully again before they leave, because - ANSWER: even
small changes in body weight may signify changes in blood volume and therefore blood pressure `

Vasoconstriction in the gut is a likely response when an individual is - ANSWER: stressed and secreting
stress hormones

Heart rate will increase in the presence of increased - ANSWER: epinephrine

The meshwork that forms the fabric of a blood clot is - ANSWER: fibrin

Innate immunity is - ANSWER: activated immediately upon infection

Adaptive immunity depends on - ANSWER: pathogen- specific recognition

A key part of the humoral immune response is - ANSWER: the production of antibodies by plasma
cells

The receptors on T cells and B cells bind to - ANSWER: antigens

Antigens are - ANSWER: foreign molecules that trigger the generation of antibodies

Secondary immune responses upon a second exposure to a pathogen are due to the activation of -
ANSWER: memory cells

The MHC is important in a T cell's ability to - ANSWER: distinguish self from non-self

The function of antibodies is to - ANSWER: mark pathogenic cells for destruction

Yearly vaccination of humans for influenza viruses is necessary because - ANSWER: rapid mutation in
flu viruses alters the surface proteins in infected host cells

Select the pathway that would lead to the activation of cytotoxic T cells - ANSWER: body cell becomes
infected with a virus → new viral proteins appear → class I MHC molecule-antigen complex displayed
on cell surface

T cells of the immune system include - ANSWER: cytotoxic and helper cells

In the human disease known as lupus, there is an immune reaction against a patient's own DNA from
broken or dying cells, which categorizes lupus as - ANSWER: an autoimmune disease

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