HHB Immunology Quiz
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cluster of antigens bound to antibodies, to be destroyed by phagocytosis
A. antigen-antibody complex
B. mast cells
C. histamine
D. antibody
any condition where T lymphocytes responds to self-antigens & attacks its own body tissues
A. autoimmune disease
B. pathogen
C. autoimmunity
D. autoimmunity
features of the secondary immune response
A. faster production and higher concentration of antibodies
B. T lymphocytes
C. allergic reaction
D. secondary immune response
general response to infection including phagocytosis
A. non-specific defences
B. allergic reaction
C. T lymphocytes
D. pathogen
lymphocytes remaining in the body for many years after recovery from an infection
A. memory cells
B. phagocytosis
C. apoptosis
D. type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis
group of genetically identical lymphocytes produced from one parent cell that bound to an antigen
A. clonal population
B. inflammatory response
C. lymphocyte
D. membrane receptor
events following a second exposure to an antigen
A. secondary immune response
B. self antigen
C. antibody
method used by phagocytes to engulf and destroy pathogens
A. phagocytosis
B. autoimmunity
C. pathogen
D. phagocytes
acquired immune deficiency syndrome which leads to weakened immune system
A. AIDS
B. self antigen
C. Covid
D. HIV
virus that attacks and destroys T lymphocytes
A. HIV
B. type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis
C. AIDS
D. faster production and higher concentration of antibodies
defence proteins secreted from phagocytes; involved in signalling to other white blood cells to attract them to the site of infection
A. cytokines
B. apoptosis
C. phagocytosis
D. mast cells
programmed cell death brought about by proteins released by T lymphocytes when they detect an infected cell
A. apoptosis
B. non-self antigen
C. clonal population
D. T lymphocytes
molecule on the surface of cells that are foreign to the body
A. non-self antigen
B. histamine
C. mast cells
D. self antigen
substance released by mast cells that causes the inflammatory response
A. histamine
B. antigen
C. secondary immune response
D. inflammatory response
molecule (often a protein) on the cell surface that can trigger an immune response in the body
A. antigen
B. cytokines
C. memory cells
D. lymphocyte
