Alloantigens Answer - nonself antigens from members of the same species
transfusion reaction Answer - a serious, and potentially fatal, complication of a
blood transfusion in which a severe immune response occurs because the
patient's blood and the donated blood do not match
universal donor Answer - Type O blood
universal recipient Answer - type AB blood
Type A blood has ________ antibodies in the blood plasma. Answer - B
antibodies
Rh blood type Answer - Presence or absence of Rh factor (antigen D) on
erythrocytes determines if blood type is positive or negative
Hemolitic disease of the newborn Answer - Rh - mothers, Rh + fetuses
Rhogram Answer - antigen D immunoglobulin-
Rh incompatibility (necessary for Rh negative mothers who give birth to an Rh
positive baby; prevents hemolytic disease of the newborn)
D antigen expressed on RBC Answer - Rh blood group
Transpant rejection Answer - MHCs are a major target
DiGeorge Syndrome Answer - congenital- failure 3rd/4th pharyngeal pouches
to develop; T cell deficiency; absent thymus
Bare lymphocyte syndrome Answer - 1. Partial or complete deficiency in MHC I
or MHC II
2. Patients have an increased susceptibility to viral and opportunistic infections
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