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NURS5315 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: The best fluid to order in a patient with sickle cell disease who is experiencing an
acute vaso-occlusive crisis is a _________________ solution, 🗹🗹: Hypotonic
Q: Malignant transformation of lymphocytes to Reed Sternberg cells occurs in
_________________________________, 🗹🗹: Hodgkin's lymphoma
Q: An adult patient with sickle cell anemia is at the greatest risk for which type of
infection?, 🗹🗹: Pneumoccoccal
Q: ________ is released in acute inflammation and _________ is released later in the
inflammatory process., 🗹🗹: IL-4; IL-3
Q: Describes the adherence of white blood cells to the vascular wall and their crossing
over to the site of injury, 🗹🗹: Diapedesis
Q: Hemolytic anemia of the newborn results from a _____________ immune response
mounted by the _________, 🗹🗹: Secondary; mother
Q: Upon second encounter with same pathogen immune system mounts a faster and
more intense response, 🗹🗹: anamnestic response
Q: Antibody nucleic acid immune complexes are deposited throughout the body and
trigger an immune response., 🗹🗹: systemic lupus erythematosus
Q: specific immunity produced by B cells that produce antibodies that circulate in body
fluids, 🗹🗹: humoral immunity
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Q: type of immunity produced by T cells that attack infected or abnormal body cells,
🗹🗹: cell mediated immunity
Q: Which type of immunity is responsible for organ transplantation rejection?, 🗹🗹:
Cell Mediated
Q: a form of long-term, acquired immunity that protects the body against a new
infection as the result of antibodies that develop naturally after an initial infection or
artificially after a vaccination, 🗹🗹: active acquired immunity
Q: a form of immunity where the fetus receives antibodies made by the mother through
breast milk or through placental transfer., 🗹🗹: passive acquired immunity
Q: any molecule or chemical group of an organism which acts as an antigen in inducing
antibody formation in another organism but to which the healthy immune system of the
parent organism is tolerant, 🗹🗹: self antigens
Q: a substance that produces an allergic reaction in an individual, 🗹🗹: Allergen
Q: Prevents microorganisms from attaching to mucous membranes, 🗹🗹: IgA
Q: Antibody produced early in the primary immune response. High level = recent
infection, 🗹🗹: IgM
Q: Most abundant antibody, primary antibody of secondary immune response, long
lasting immunity, levels are elevated LATER in an infection, 🗹🗹: IgG
Q: The only antibody that crosses the placenta, 🗹🗹: IgG
Q: Antibody involved in response to parasitic infections and hypersensitivity reactions,
🗹🗹: IgE
Q: CD8+ or TC cells
Target cells are self carrying endogenous antigens
Activated into cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs)
NURS5315 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: The best fluid to order in a patient with sickle cell disease who is experiencing an
acute vaso-occlusive crisis is a _________________ solution, 🗹🗹: Hypotonic
Q: Malignant transformation of lymphocytes to Reed Sternberg cells occurs in
_________________________________, 🗹🗹: Hodgkin's lymphoma
Q: An adult patient with sickle cell anemia is at the greatest risk for which type of
infection?, 🗹🗹: Pneumoccoccal
Q: ________ is released in acute inflammation and _________ is released later in the
inflammatory process., 🗹🗹: IL-4; IL-3
Q: Describes the adherence of white blood cells to the vascular wall and their crossing
over to the site of injury, 🗹🗹: Diapedesis
Q: Hemolytic anemia of the newborn results from a _____________ immune response
mounted by the _________, 🗹🗹: Secondary; mother
Q: Upon second encounter with same pathogen immune system mounts a faster and
more intense response, 🗹🗹: anamnestic response
Q: Antibody nucleic acid immune complexes are deposited throughout the body and
trigger an immune response., 🗹🗹: systemic lupus erythematosus
Q: specific immunity produced by B cells that produce antibodies that circulate in body
fluids, 🗹🗹: humoral immunity
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Q: type of immunity produced by T cells that attack infected or abnormal body cells,
🗹🗹: cell mediated immunity
Q: Which type of immunity is responsible for organ transplantation rejection?, 🗹🗹:
Cell Mediated
Q: a form of long-term, acquired immunity that protects the body against a new
infection as the result of antibodies that develop naturally after an initial infection or
artificially after a vaccination, 🗹🗹: active acquired immunity
Q: a form of immunity where the fetus receives antibodies made by the mother through
breast milk or through placental transfer., 🗹🗹: passive acquired immunity
Q: any molecule or chemical group of an organism which acts as an antigen in inducing
antibody formation in another organism but to which the healthy immune system of the
parent organism is tolerant, 🗹🗹: self antigens
Q: a substance that produces an allergic reaction in an individual, 🗹🗹: Allergen
Q: Prevents microorganisms from attaching to mucous membranes, 🗹🗹: IgA
Q: Antibody produced early in the primary immune response. High level = recent
infection, 🗹🗹: IgM
Q: Most abundant antibody, primary antibody of secondary immune response, long
lasting immunity, levels are elevated LATER in an infection, 🗹🗹: IgG
Q: The only antibody that crosses the placenta, 🗹🗹: IgG
Q: Antibody involved in response to parasitic infections and hypersensitivity reactions,
🗹🗹: IgE
Q: CD8+ or TC cells
Target cells are self carrying endogenous antigens
Activated into cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs)
