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Immunology and Serology in Laboratory Medicine, 7th Edition by Mary Louise Turgeon
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Chapter 1-27
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Chapter 01: Highlights of the Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems
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1. The ―father‖ of immunology is generally considered t o be
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a. Koch.
b. Pasteur.
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Louis Pasteur is generally considered to be the ―father of immunology.‖
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DIF: Cognitive Level: I mf mf




2. An early form of immunization was practiced by the
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a. Romans.
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Beginning about 1000 AD, the Chinese practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried po
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wders derived from the crusts of smallpox lesions.
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3. A specific function of the immune system is to
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nst nonself. Such a system is necessary for survival. The immune system also has nonspecific
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effector mechanisms that usually amplify the specific functions. Nonspecific components of t
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he immune system include mononuclear phagocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and solu
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ble factors (e.g., complement).
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4. An undesirable consequence of immunity is
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, c. an autoimmune disorder.
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The desirable consequences of immunity include natural resistance, recovery, and acquired re
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sistance to infectious diseases. A deficiency or dysfunction of the immune system can cause m
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any disorders. Undesirable consequences of immunity include allergy, rejection of a transplan
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ted organ, or an autoimmune disorder.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: I mf mf




5. The immune system has various distinctive characteristics except;
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a. specificity.
b. memory.
c. mobility.
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ANS: D m f



The immune system is composed of a large, complex set of widely distributed elements, with
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the distinctive characteristics of specificity, memory, mobility, replicability, and cooperation a
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mong different cells or cellular products. Specificity and memory are characteristics of lymph
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ocytes in the immune system. Nonspecific elements of the immune system demonstrate mobili
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ty. In addition, specific and nonspecific cellular components of the immune system can replica
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te. Cooperation is required for optimal functioning, and interaction involves specific cellular e
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lements, cell products, and nonlymphoid elements.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: I mf mf




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b. second month of gestation. mf mf mf



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ANS: A m f



The sites of blood cell development, or hematopoiesis, follow a definite sequence in the embr
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yo and fetus. Hematopoiesis occurs in the yolk sac during the second month of gestation.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: II mf mf




7. The sequence of blood cell development in the embryo and fetus is
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a. yolk sac, liver-spleen, bone marrow.
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b. yolk sac, bone marrow, liver/spleen.
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d. bone marrow, liver-spleen, yolk sac.
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ANS: A m f




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, The first blood cells are primitive red blood cells (erythroblasts; RBCs) formed in the islets o
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f the yolk sac during the first 2 to 8 weeks of life. Gradually, the liver and spleen replace the
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yolk sac as the sites of blood cell development. By the second month of gestation, the liver
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becomes the major site of hematopoiesis, and granular types of leukocytes have made their i
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nitial appearance. The liver and spleen predominate from about 2 to 5 months of fetal life. In
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the fourth month of gestation, bone marrow begins to produce blood cells. After the fifth fet
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al month, bone marrow begins to assume its ultimate role as the primary site of hematopoies
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is.

DIF: Cognitive Level: II mf mf




8. The primary function of mature neutrophils is
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b. to lyse parasites in the circulatory system.
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c. antigen recognition. mf



d. phagocytosis.
ANS: D m f



Various phagocytic cells continually circulate throughout the blood, lymph, gastrointestinal s
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ystem, and respiratory tract. When trauma occurs, the neutrophils arrive at the site of injury a
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nd can be found in the initial exudate in less than 1 hour. Monocytes are slower in moving to t
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he inflammatory site. Macrophages resident in the tissues of the body are already in place to
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deal with an intruding agent. Additional macrophages from the bone marrow and other tissues
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can be released in severe infections.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: II mf mf




9. Primary granules, or azurophilic granules, in neutrophils contain
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a. lysozyme.
b. myeloperoxidase.
c. lactoferrin.
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ANS: D m f



Granules in the phagocyte cytosol contain degradatory enzymes of three types
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DIF: Cognitive Level: I mf mf




10. The origin of a condition when eosinophils are increased in the circulating blood is associate
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d with:
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a. fungus
b. parasitic amoeba mf



c. allergic reactions mf



d. bacteria
ANS: C m f




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