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Chapter35:AssessmentofImmuneFunction
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1. Awomanhasbeendiagnosedwithbreastcancerandisbeingtreatedaggressivelywitha
chemotherapeuticregimen.Asaresultofthisregimen,shehasaninabilitytofightinfectionduetothe
factthatherbonemarrowisunabletoproduceasufficientamountofwhat?

A) Lymphocytes

B) Cytoblasts

C) Antibodies

D) Capillaries

Ans: A

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Thewhitebloodcellsinvolvedinimmunity(includinglymphocytes)areproducedinthebonemarrow.
Cytoblastsaretheprotoplasmofthecelloutsidethenucleus.Antibodiesareproducedbylymphocytes,
butnotinthebonemarrow.Capillariesaresmallbloodvessels

2. Duringamumpsoutbreakatalocalschool,apatient,whoisaschoolteacher,isexposed.Shehas
previouslybeenimmunizedformumps.Whattypeofimmunitydoesshepossess?

A) Acquiredimmunity

B) Naturalimmunity

C) Phagocyticimmunity

D) Humoralimmunity

Ans: A

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Acquiredimmunityusuallydevelopsasaresultofpriorexposuretoanantigen,oftenthrough
immunization.Whenthebodyisattackedbybacteria,viruses,orotherpathogens,ithasthreemeansof
defense.Thefirstlineofdefense,thephagocyticimmuneresponse,involvestheWBCsthathavethe
abilitytoingestforeignparticles.Asecondprotectiveresponseisthehumoralimmuneresponse,which
beginswhentheBlymphocytestransformthemselvesintoplasmacellsthatmanufactureantibodies.The
naturalimmuneresponsesystemisrapid,nonspecificimmunitypresentatbirth.

3. Agardenersustainedadeeplacerationwhileworkingandrequiressutures.Thepatientisaskedabout

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thedateofherlasttetanusshot,whichisover10yearsago.Basedonthisinformation,thepatientwill
receiveatetanusimmunization.Thetetanusinjectionwillallowforthereleaseofwhat?

A) Antibodies

B) Antigens