VET TECH IMMUNOLOGY GRADED APLUS
QUESTION COLLECTION WITH DETAILED
SOLUTION COVERAGE
●● What are the two major arms of the immune system?
Answer: Innate immunity and adaptive immunity.
●● What is innate immunity?
Answer: Innate immunity acts immediately to protect a naïve animal and
does not have memory like adaptive immunity.
●● What are PAMPs?
Answer: Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, which are molecules
produced by microorganisms but not by mammalian cells.
●● What are DAMPs?
Answer: Damage-associated molecular patterns, which are molecules
found within mammalian cells and released when the cell is damaged or
dies.
●● Name three soluble components of the innate defense system.
Answer: Complement proteins, innate cytokines, and defensins.
, ●● What is adaptive immunity?
Answer: Adaptive immunity develops after exposure to a specific
antigen and is antigen-specific and expandable.
●● What is immunologic memory?
Answer: The ability of the immune system to respond more rapidly upon
subsequent exposures to an antigen.
●● What are the two major components of the adaptive immune system?
Answer: Humoral immunity (antibody-mediated) and cell-mediated
immunity (T cell-mediated).
●● What is the role of plasma cells in the immune response?
Answer: Plasma cells are fully differentiated B cells that produce
antibodies.
●● What is the function of cytokines in the immune system?
Answer: Cytokines are protein messenger molecules that orchestrate the
immune response by acting on stimulated cells or nearby cells.
●● What is the complement system?
Answer: A group of 20-30 blood plasma proteins that form an
inflammatory enzyme cascade with antimicrobial activity.
QUESTION COLLECTION WITH DETAILED
SOLUTION COVERAGE
●● What are the two major arms of the immune system?
Answer: Innate immunity and adaptive immunity.
●● What is innate immunity?
Answer: Innate immunity acts immediately to protect a naïve animal and
does not have memory like adaptive immunity.
●● What are PAMPs?
Answer: Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, which are molecules
produced by microorganisms but not by mammalian cells.
●● What are DAMPs?
Answer: Damage-associated molecular patterns, which are molecules
found within mammalian cells and released when the cell is damaged or
dies.
●● Name three soluble components of the innate defense system.
Answer: Complement proteins, innate cytokines, and defensins.
, ●● What is adaptive immunity?
Answer: Adaptive immunity develops after exposure to a specific
antigen and is antigen-specific and expandable.
●● What is immunologic memory?
Answer: The ability of the immune system to respond more rapidly upon
subsequent exposures to an antigen.
●● What are the two major components of the adaptive immune system?
Answer: Humoral immunity (antibody-mediated) and cell-mediated
immunity (T cell-mediated).
●● What is the role of plasma cells in the immune response?
Answer: Plasma cells are fully differentiated B cells that produce
antibodies.
●● What is the function of cytokines in the immune system?
Answer: Cytokines are protein messenger molecules that orchestrate the
immune response by acting on stimulated cells or nearby cells.
●● What is the complement system?
Answer: A group of 20-30 blood plasma proteins that form an
inflammatory enzyme cascade with antimicrobial activity.
