NMSU Nurs 3110 Patho Exam 2- Inflammation and Immunity (Nurs 3110 Pathophysiology NMSU Fall

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Inflammation and Immunity (Nurs 3110 Pathophysiol
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ogy NMSU Fall 2025 Exam 2)
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Purposes./of./inflammation./-./correct./answer./✔✔
Destroy./infectious./and./injurious./organisms
Wall./off./the./site./of./infection
Stimulate./and./enhance./adaptive./immune./response
Stimulate./tissue./healing

Characteristics./of./inflammation./-./correct./answer./✔✔Immediate
Nonspecific
No./memory
Self-limiting

Characteristics./of./immunity./-./correct./answer./✔✔Slower./than./inflammation
Specific
Memory
Involves./lymphocytes./and./antibodies
Can./be./induced./by./vaccinations

Inflammation./overview./-./correct./answer./✔✔Injury/./invasion./occurs
Mast./cell./degranulation./occurs
Release./of./preformed./cellular./products
Plasma./protein./systems./start
Leads./to./vasodilation,./leaky./capillaries,./cell./infiltration./of./WBCs,./phagocytosis,./thrombo
sis,./pain.

Mast./cell./function./-./correct./answer./✔✔Degranulation-./immediate./release./of./histamine

Histamine./functions./-./correct./answer./✔✔
Vasodilation,./increased./capillary./permeability./(edema),./bronchoconstriction

Histamine./mediators./and./functions./-./correct./answer./✔✔Leukotrienes-
./same./function./as./histamine
Prostaglandins-./same./function./as./histamine./+./pain./+./fever

What./is./given./to./inhibit./prostaglandin./pain./and./fever?./-./correct./answer./✔✔NSAID

Basophils./-./correct./answer./✔✔Similar./function./to./histamine

Neutrophils./-./correct./answer./✔✔First./WBC./to./acute./infection./site./(6-12./hours./post-
degranulation)
Most./abundant./WBC