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Which action is a purpose of the inflammatory process - answer To prevent infection of
the injured tissue
How do surfactant proteins A through D provide innate resistance - answer Promote
phagocytosis
Which secretion is a first line of defense against pathogen invasion that involves
antibacterial and antifungal fatty acids, as well as lactic acid – answer Sebaceous gland
sebum
Which bacterium grows in the intestines after prolonged antibiotic therapy – answer
Clostridium difficile
What causes the edema that occurs during the inflammatory process – answer
Increased capillary permeability
What process causes heat and redness to occur during the inflammatory process –
answer Vasodilation of blood vessels
Activation of the classical pathway begins with - answerAntigen-antibody complexes
What plasma protein system forms a fibrinous meshwork at an inflamed site -
answerCoagulation
Which component of the plasma protein system tags pathogenic microorganisms for
destruction by neutrophils and macrophages - answerComplement cascade
What is the vascular effect of histamine released from mast cells - answerVasodilation
What is an outcome of the complement cascade - answerLysis of bacterial cell
membranes
The function of opsonization related to the complement cascade is to - answerTag of
pathogenic microorganisms for destruction by neutrophils and macrophages
In the coagulation (clotting) cascade, the intrinsic and the extrinsic pathways converge
at which factor - answerX
Which chemical interacts among all plasma protein systems by degrading blood clots,
activating complement, and activating the Hageman factor - answerPlasmin
, The chemotactic factor affects the inflammatory process by - answerDirecting
leukocytes to the inflamed area
What affect does the process of histamine binding to the histamine-2(H2) receptor have
on inflammation - answerInhibition
Frequently when H1 and H2 receptors are located on the same cells, they act in what
fashion - answerAntagonistically
Some older adults have impaired inflammation and wound healing because of which
problem - answerUnderlying chromic illness(es) exists
Which chemical mediator derived from mast cells retracts endothelial cells to increase
vascular permeability and to cause leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells -
answerPlatelet-activating factor
What is the inflammatory effect of nitric oxide (NO) - answerDecreases mast cell
function, and decreases platelet aggregation
What is the correct sequence in phagocytosis - answerRecognition, engulfment, fusion,
destruction
When considering white blood cell differentials, acute inflammatory reactions are related
to elevation of which leukocyte - answerNeutrophils
In the later stages of an inflammatory response, which phagocytic cell is predominant -
answerMonocytes
In regulating vascular mediators release from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to
release - answerHistaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute
inflammation
What is the role of a natural killer (NK) cells - answerElimination of malignant cells
Which cytokine is produced and released from virally infected host cells - answerIFN-a
IFN-a is secreted from which cells - answerMacrophages
Which manifestation of inflammation is systemic - answerFever and leukocytosis
The acute inflammatory response is characterized by fever that is produced by the
hypothalamus being affected by - answerEndogenous pyrogens
What occurs during the process of repair after tissue damage - answerNonfuctioning
scar tissue replaces destroyed tissue
Which action is a purpose of the inflammatory process - answer To prevent infection of
the injured tissue
How do surfactant proteins A through D provide innate resistance - answer Promote
phagocytosis
Which secretion is a first line of defense against pathogen invasion that involves
antibacterial and antifungal fatty acids, as well as lactic acid – answer Sebaceous gland
sebum
Which bacterium grows in the intestines after prolonged antibiotic therapy – answer
Clostridium difficile
What causes the edema that occurs during the inflammatory process – answer
Increased capillary permeability
What process causes heat and redness to occur during the inflammatory process –
answer Vasodilation of blood vessels
Activation of the classical pathway begins with - answerAntigen-antibody complexes
What plasma protein system forms a fibrinous meshwork at an inflamed site -
answerCoagulation
Which component of the plasma protein system tags pathogenic microorganisms for
destruction by neutrophils and macrophages - answerComplement cascade
What is the vascular effect of histamine released from mast cells - answerVasodilation
What is an outcome of the complement cascade - answerLysis of bacterial cell
membranes
The function of opsonization related to the complement cascade is to - answerTag of
pathogenic microorganisms for destruction by neutrophils and macrophages
In the coagulation (clotting) cascade, the intrinsic and the extrinsic pathways converge
at which factor - answerX
Which chemical interacts among all plasma protein systems by degrading blood clots,
activating complement, and activating the Hageman factor - answerPlasmin
, The chemotactic factor affects the inflammatory process by - answerDirecting
leukocytes to the inflamed area
What affect does the process of histamine binding to the histamine-2(H2) receptor have
on inflammation - answerInhibition
Frequently when H1 and H2 receptors are located on the same cells, they act in what
fashion - answerAntagonistically
Some older adults have impaired inflammation and wound healing because of which
problem - answerUnderlying chromic illness(es) exists
Which chemical mediator derived from mast cells retracts endothelial cells to increase
vascular permeability and to cause leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells -
answerPlatelet-activating factor
What is the inflammatory effect of nitric oxide (NO) - answerDecreases mast cell
function, and decreases platelet aggregation
What is the correct sequence in phagocytosis - answerRecognition, engulfment, fusion,
destruction
When considering white blood cell differentials, acute inflammatory reactions are related
to elevation of which leukocyte - answerNeutrophils
In the later stages of an inflammatory response, which phagocytic cell is predominant -
answerMonocytes
In regulating vascular mediators release from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to
release - answerHistaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute
inflammation
What is the role of a natural killer (NK) cells - answerElimination of malignant cells
Which cytokine is produced and released from virally infected host cells - answerIFN-a
IFN-a is secreted from which cells - answerMacrophages
Which manifestation of inflammation is systemic - answerFever and leukocytosis
The acute inflammatory response is characterized by fever that is produced by the
hypothalamus being affected by - answerEndogenous pyrogens
What occurs during the process of repair after tissue damage - answerNonfuctioning
scar tissue replaces destroyed tissue
