SEROLOGY A LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE, 4TH EDITION,
CHRISTINE DORRESTEYN STEVENS, LINDA E. MILLER
COMPLETE CHAPTERS
Chapter171.17Introduction17to17Immunity17and17the17Immune17System
Multiple17Choice
1. Eosinophils17are17involved17in17the17immune17response17against:
A. viruses.
B. intracellular17bacteria.
C. parasites17that17cannot17be17phagocytized.
D. extracellular17bacteria.
ANS:17C
2. Which17of17the17following17are17components17of17both17innate17and17ad
aptive17immune17responses?17A.17Immunoglobulins
B. T17helper17cells
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,C. Macrophages
D. B17cell
s17ANS:17C
3. The17process17by17which17leukocytes17are17attracted17to17a17specific17a
rea17by17chemical17messengers17is17called:17A.17diapedesis.
B. degranulation.
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
ANS:17C
4. Which17of17the17following17is17a17characteristic17of17natural17killer17cel
ls?17A.17They17mature17in17the17thymus.
B. They17are17smaller17than17B17and17T17cells.
C. They17are17a17type17of17lymphocyte.
D. They17are17part17of17the17adaptive17immune17system.
ANS:17C
5. Which17of17the17following17best17describes17diapedesis?
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,A. Movement17toward17increasing17concentrations17of17a17cytokine
B. Attachment17of17immunoglobulin17to17target17cells
C. Movement17through17blood17vessel17walls17as17cells17exit17the17circulatio
n
D. Engulfment17of17target17cel
ls17ANS:17C
6. The17most17effective17phagocytic17and17antigen-
presenting17cell17is17the:17A.17neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic17cell.
D. macrophage.
ANS:17C
7. Which17of17the17following17is17characteristic17of17natural17immunity?1
7A.17It17involves17memory.
B. T17lymphocytes17play17a17major17role.
C. It17involves17specificity.
D. Mechanisms17are17always17present17and17fully17functio
nal.17ANS:17D
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, 8. All17of17the17following17cells17are17considered17part17of17natural17im
munity17EXCEPT:17A.17eosinophils.
B. B17lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
17 ANS:17B
9. Where17does17the17specific17immune17response17to17a17foreign17antigen17
mainly17occur?
A. Lymph17nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone17marrow
D. Skin
ANS:17A
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10. Which17white17cell17in17the17peripheral17blood17migrates17into17tiss
ue17to17become17a17macrophage?17A.17Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
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