Test 2 Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
InnateB(natural)BresistanceB-BAnswerBdefenseBmechanismsBweBareBbornBwith.
1stBlineBofBresistanceB-BAnswerBbody'sBphysicalBbarriers;BimmediateBandBnon-specific
2ndBlineBofBresistanceB-BAnswerBinflammation;BimmediateBandBnon-specific
AcquiredB(adaptive)BimmunityB-
BAnswerB3RDBlineBofBdefense;BdelayedBandBspecific;BableBtoBresistBcertainBdiseasesB
orBconditionsBdueBtoBimmunocyteBinvolvement
FirstBlineBofBdefenseB-BAnswerBskinBandBmucousBmembranes
StressorsBthatBcanBbreachBskinBdefenseB-BAnswerBlacerations,Babrasions,Bpunctures
Eye'sBdefenseB-BAnswerBtears,Beyelashes
sressorsBthatBcanBbreachBeye'sBdefenseB-
BAnswerBdryBeyeBsyndrome,Bsjogren'sBsyndrome
Sjogren'sBsyndromeB-
BAnswerBautoimmuneBdiseaseBthatBdriesBupBallBlubricatingBfluidsBinBtheBbody
respiratoryBsystemBdefensesB-
BAnswerBmucusBandBhairBinBnose;BciliaBofBcellsBinBbronchi;BcoughBreflex
, GIBsystemBdefensesB-
BAnswerBsaliva,BstomachBacid,BgagBreflex/vomiting,Bbowels,Bdefecation
GenitourinaryBsystemBdefensesB-BAnswerBurineBflow,BvaginalBsecretions
InflammationB-
BAnswerBsecondBlineBofBdefense;BstateBonBInnateBdefense;BimmediateBandBnonspecifi
c
S/SBofBinflammationB-BAnswerBswelling,Bheat,BrednessBandBpain
InflammationBExampleB1B-
BAnswerBfirstBlineBofBdefenseB(skin)BisBbreachedBwithBaBlacerationB--
>clotBformationBtoBstopBbleeding-->scabBformedBtoBsealBbreach
InflammationBExampleB2B-
BAnswerBmeningitisBmicrobeBisBinhaledB(breachesB1stBlineBofBdefenseBmucousBmemb
ranes)-->inflammation--
>inflammationBcan'tBhealBonBit'sBownBandBcallsBinB3rdBlineBofBdefenseB(immunocyteB
response)-->acquiredBimmunity
immunocyteBresponseB-
BAnswerBacquiredBdefense;B3rdBlineBofBdefense;BdelayedBandBspecific;BresultsBinBACQ
UIREDBIMMUNITY
antigensB-
BAnswerBproteinsBlocatedBonBtheBsurfaceBofBredBbloodBcellsB(determineBbloodBtype)
antibodiesB-
BAnswerBProteinBthatBisBproducedBbyBlymphocytesBandBthatBattachesBtoBaBspecificBa
ntigen.