What does the root in INCUBATION mean?
HATCH, SIT ON
Washing out a hollow cavity...
LAVAGE
What does the suffix in the word OPPURTUNISTIC mean?
PERTAINING TO
What does the root in the word DORMANT mean?
SLEEP
Which of the following is NOT a common way in which the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) can be transmitted?
- Sexual Intercourse
- MOSQUITO BITE
- Sharing Needles
- Contaminated Blood Products
- Transplacental Transmission
Why is the development of natural immunity to HIV so difficult?
ABOUT 1% OF THE HIV'S GENES MUTATE EVERY YEAR.
When HIV invades the brain, what is the resultant condition?
DEMENTIA
Which of the following laboratory tests measures the quantity of HIV in the blood?
VIRAL LOAD COUNTS
What does the suffix in the term ALLOGEN mean?
PRODUCING
A skin graft taken from another person or cadaver is referred to as an...
ALLOGRAFT
What is the term that means a reaction to tissue transplanted from another person?
ALLOIMMUNE
In the term MACROPHAGE, what does the prefix refer to?
LARGE
What is the term that describes an immediate, severe, allergic response?
ANAPHYLAXIS
An exaggerated, abnormal reaction to an allergen, is called an ________ reaction.
HYPERSENSITIVITY
Failure of the IMMUNE SYSTEM?
IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDER
Failure of the IMMUNE SYSTEM caused by an outside agent?
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
What does the prefix in the term TRANSPLANT mean?
ACROSS
Transplant immunity causes...
REJECTION
What type of genetic abnormality is often sex-linked, so that boys are affected more often than girls?
CONGENITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY
In most allergic reactions, how long does it take for the cells to produce histamine?
2-3 SECONDS
What is the name of a preparation to generate active immunity?
VACCINE
What is the meaning of the Latin origin for the term immune?
PROTECTED FROM
What is the term for a group of proteins in serum that finish off the work of antibodies to destroy bacteria and other cells?
COMPLEMENT
The lymphatic capillaries and vessels are located?
IN THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES
What type of cell is produced by the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?
IMMUNE CELLS
The LYMPHATIC SYSTEM absorbs excess interstitial fluid and returns it to the__________.
BLOODSTREAM
What is removed from the tissues by the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?
DEBRIS
When interstitial fluid enters the lymphatic capillaries, it is known as...
LYMPH
The greatest concentration of the lymph nodes lie...
IN THE NECK, AXILLA, AND GROIN
____________ in the LYMPH NODES break down any foreign matter that enters the body..
MACROPHAGES
The right lymphatic duct drains into the right _______...
SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
What is the medical term for a substance that produces a hyper sensitivity reaction?
ALLERGEN
What is an antibody?
A PROTEIN
Medical term that means the state of being protected...
IMMUNITY
What does the suffix in IMMUNOLOGIST mean???
ONE WHO STUDIES
What medical term means to make resistant to an infectious disease???
IMMUNIZE
What does the suffix in the word LYMPHATIC mean???
PERTAINING TO
TRUE OR FALSE???
All antibodies are immunoglobulins...
TRUE
A circumscribed mass of tissue...
NODE
What does the combining form in the word PATHOGEN mean???
DISEASE
What is the meaning of the root in the word POLLUTANT???
UNCLEAN
The structure which begins in the abdomen at the level of the second lumbar vertebra and empties into the left subclavian vein is the...
LEFT THORACIC DUCT
What does the T in T cells stand for ???
THYMUS
Where is the location of lymphocytes in organs with passages that open to the exterior of the body???
IN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Al of the following are types of T cells EXCEPT...
- CYTOTOXIC CELLS
- HELPER CELLS
- MEMORY CELLS
- SUPPRESSOR CELLS
- AMORPHOUS CELLS
B lymphocytes mature in the _____...
BONE MARROW
This cell begins the defensive response against a specific antigen...
HELPER T CELLS
The failure of suppressor T cells to function properly may result in this condition...
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
The function of antibodies is to...
SECRETE TOXINS THAY DESTROY ANTIGENS
Mature, activated B cells are called...
PLASMA CELLS
The process used by macrophages to destroy bacteria and remove foreign matter is called...
PHAGOCYTOSIS
Where do monocytes come from???
BLOOD