Nurs-6501 - Advanced Patho- Chapter
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What is adaptive immunity? - answerability of the body to defend itself against specific
invading agents
What is another word for adaptive immunity? - answer Immune Response
What does adaptive immunity consist of? - answer lymphocytes and antibodies
Is adaptive immunity specific? - answerYes- to particular infectious agents
Is the adaptive immune response slower than the inflammatory response? - answer Yes
How is the adaptive immune response mediated? - answerB-lymphocytes and t-
lymphocytes
What are B lymphocytes responsible for? - answerhumoral immunity
What is humoral immunity? - answerantibody-mediated immunity
What are T lymphocytes responsible for? - answercell-mediated immunity
What is cell-mediated immunity? - answerEssentially cell to cell combat with the good
guys (T lymphocytes) killing the bad guys (any "bad" cells, such as bacteria, virus-
infected cells, and cancer cells.)
What is antibody-mediated immunity? - answerthe mechanism of adaptive immunity that
involves antibody production and the destruction of foreign antigens by the activities of
B cells, T cells, and macrophages
What are T cells and B cells programmed to recognize? - answerOnly one specific
antigen
What is cional diversity? - answerThe extensive diversity of antigen receptors capable
of recognizing different antigens
What is clonal selection? - answerthe process through which immature B and T Cells go
through so that only certain types are permitted to mature
What is antigen processing? - answerThe degradation of proteins into peptides that can
bind MHC molecules for presentation to T cells
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What is adaptive immunity? - answerability of the body to defend itself against specific
invading agents
What is another word for adaptive immunity? - answer Immune Response
What does adaptive immunity consist of? - answer lymphocytes and antibodies
Is adaptive immunity specific? - answerYes- to particular infectious agents
Is the adaptive immune response slower than the inflammatory response? - answer Yes
How is the adaptive immune response mediated? - answerB-lymphocytes and t-
lymphocytes
What are B lymphocytes responsible for? - answerhumoral immunity
What is humoral immunity? - answerantibody-mediated immunity
What are T lymphocytes responsible for? - answercell-mediated immunity
What is cell-mediated immunity? - answerEssentially cell to cell combat with the good
guys (T lymphocytes) killing the bad guys (any "bad" cells, such as bacteria, virus-
infected cells, and cancer cells.)
What is antibody-mediated immunity? - answerthe mechanism of adaptive immunity that
involves antibody production and the destruction of foreign antigens by the activities of
B cells, T cells, and macrophages
What are T cells and B cells programmed to recognize? - answerOnly one specific
antigen
What is cional diversity? - answerThe extensive diversity of antigen receptors capable
of recognizing different antigens
What is clonal selection? - answerthe process through which immature B and T Cells go
through so that only certain types are permitted to mature
What is antigen processing? - answerThe degradation of proteins into peptides that can
bind MHC molecules for presentation to T cells
