Vet Tech Immunology Comprehensive Question Bank With Tested Solutions And Review Aids

VET TECH IMMUNOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION BANK WITH
TESTED SOLUTIONS AND REVIEW AIDS

●● Common cELISA test
Answer: Equine infectious anemia (Coggins Test)


●● Innate or nonspecific immune system
Answer: First response from body to any foreign substance/invader


●● Innate immune system
Answer: Involves inflammatory response to infection or tissue injury


●● Components of innate immune system
Answer: Skin, gastric secretions, hair, ciliated cells, normal bacterial
colonies


●● Phagocytosis
Answer: Process used by cells to defend the immune system


●● Cells involved in innate immune system
Answer: Monocytes and neutrophils

,●● Macrophages
Answer: Monocytes residing in specific tissues


●● Adaptive or acquired immunity
Answer: Specific targeted response to pathogens that evade innate
systems


●● B-lymphocytes
Answer: Produce antibodies that bind to and neutralize specific antigens


●● Natural Killer Cells
Answer: Seek foreign substance and destroy it with cytotoxic chemicals


●● Interferons
Answer: Cytokines that elicit cellular reactions & prevent viral
replication


●● Complement system
Answer: Triggers the rest of the immune response with the adaptive
system


●● Eosinophils and basophils

, Answer: Part of the innate immune response (allergic reactions)


●● Adaptive immune system
Answer: Secondary line of defense with memory and specificity


●● Adaptive immune system components
Answer: Humoral and cell-mediated components


●● Lymphocytes
Answer: Largely responsible for the adaptive immune system


●● Lymphocyte stem cells
Answer: Develop in fetal bone marrow


●● B-Cells
Answer: Produce antibodies targeting specific extracellular pathogens


●● Passive immunity
Answer: Maternal antibodies in colostrum, short-lived but immediate


●● Active/acquired immunity