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Cardinal signs of local inflammation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-redness, heat,
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swelling, pain |




Purpose of Inflammation: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-· To limit and control
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inflammatory response |




· Prevent and limit further infection and damage
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· Interact with other components of the adaptive immune system
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· Prepare the area of injury for healing
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Systemic Manifestations of Inflammation: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fever- early
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response
Leukocytosis- increased number of WBcs
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Increase plasma protein synthesis
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Plasma Protein Synthesis
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o Four primary functions: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-§ Cell lysis
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§ Opsonization: to make tasty, coats or tags microorganisms that need to be
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destroyed for macrophages to be destroyed, glue between the phagocyte and
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target cell
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§ Result in mast cell degranulation
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§ Leukocytchemotaxis
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,What cells are the most important in activating inflammation? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Mast Cells |




Neutrophils - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A type of white blood cell that engulfs
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invading microbes and contributes to the nonspecific defenses of the body
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against disease.|




Kupffer Cells are located in the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Liver
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Neutrophils show up _______and monocytes show up _______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-First; late |




Chemokines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A group of cytokines that are chemotactoc
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and attract leukocytes to the sites of inflammation
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General Characteristics of Adaptive immunity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-o Works
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together with inflammation
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o Recognizes foreign or "nonself" substances
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§ Antigens
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· Pathogens
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· Drugs
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· Transfusions
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· Noninfectious environmental agents
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· Transplants
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,· Vaccinations
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o Provides long - term protection
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o Is slower than innate but more specific
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o Has memory
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T Cells differentiate in the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Thymus
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B cells differentiate in the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bone marrow
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Humoral Primary cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B cells and circulating antibodies
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Humoral Functions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cause direct inactivation of a
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microorganism or the activation of inflammatory mediators
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Humoral protection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protects against bacteria and virus
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cell mediated primary cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T cells
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Cell mediated functions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T cell differentiation, kills targets
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directly or stimulates the activity of other leukocytes
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Cell mediated protection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protects against viruses and
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cancer

, Active Acquired immunity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Antibodies or t calls are
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produced after either a natural exposure to an antigen or after immunization, is
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long lived |




Passive Acquired immunity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Preformed antibodies of T
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lymphocytes are transferred from a donor to a recipient, occurs naturally or
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artificially, is temporary or short lived
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Central tolerance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lymphocytes with receptors against
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self - antigens are eliminated
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IgG - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-most prevalent; most of protective activity against
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infection, crosses placenta | |




IgA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mostly in secretions, most protective activity in body
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|secretions


IgE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-most rare, mediator of many common allergic
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responses, defends against parasitic infections
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IgD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Not well known, functions as one type of B cell
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antigen receptor |




IgM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Largest, first antibody produced during the initial or
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primary response to antigen | | |

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