Defence against Infectious Diseases Quiz
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any of the antibody-producing cells, and derived from B-cells. It plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity reacting with a specific antigen.
A. Plasma cell
B. Platelet
C. Thrombin
proteins in the plasma that serve to activate various parts of the blood clotting process by being transformed from inactive to active forms. Also known as coagulation factors.
A. Clotting factors
B. Fibrin
C. Fibrinogen
a white blood cell that could be a B-cell or a T-cell.
A. Lymphocyte
B. Memory cell
C. Metabolism
any organism that causes disease, such as a bacterium or fungus.
A. Pathogen
B. Penicillin
C. Phagocytic
the activated form of the blood-clotting protein fibrinogen.
A. Fibrin
B. Fibrinogen
C. Gene
a chemical that kills or inhibits growth of bacteria by deregulation of metabolic pathways.
A. Antibiotic
B. Antibody
C. Blood clotting
a small fragment of red blood cells found in the blood plasma that functions to promote blood clotting.
A. Platelet
B. Thrombin
C. Thrombus
a long-lived cell of the immune system that has previously encountered a specific antigen and that upon re-exposure produces large amounts of antibody.
A. Memory cell
B. Metabolism
C. Mucous membranes
membrane lining all body passages and having cells and associated glands that secrete mucus. Also called mucosa.
A. Mucous membranes
B. Pathogen
C. Penicillin
(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is the name of the active HIV infection characterized by the reduction of T-cells and the appearance of characteristic secondary infections.
A. AIDS
B. Antibiotic
C. Antibody
white blood cells a type of white cell that carries endocytosis of large foreign substances.
A. Phagocytic
B. Plasma cell
C. Platelet
a protein in the blood plasma that is essential for the coagulation of blood and is converted to fibrin by the action of thrombin.
A. Fibrinogen
B. Gene
C. Lymphocyte
a clot formed in the coronary arteries.
A. Thrombus
B. AIDS
C. Antibiotic
any of the antibiotic drugs obtained from penicillium moulds or produced synthetically, most active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.
A. Penicillin
B. Phagocytic
C. Plasma cell
the totality of all the chemical processes in an organism, consisting of anabolic and catabolic mechanisms.
A. Metabolism
B. Mucous membranes
C. Pathogen