Multiple Choice
In the respiratory burst, __________ are released; these have a potent cell-killing ability.
21. The Immune System
First-Line Defenses: Chemical Barriers
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First-Line Defenses: Chemical Barriers
- Open Question
Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.
e. Fever is generated by pyrogens that reset the temperature set point of the hypothalamus to a lower value.
- Open Question
Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.
c. Neutrophils are a critical component of the response to a parasitic infection.
- Multiple Choice
All of the following are chemical defenses against microbial infection except which of these answers?
- Multiple Choice
What property of antimicrobial peptide allows them to disrupt bacterial cell surfaces?
- Multiple ChoiceComplement proteins work by __________.
- Open Question
Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.
c. NK cells are cytotoxic cells that lyse and kill cancer cells and cells infected with certain viruses.
- Open QuestionThe process by which neutrophils squeeze through capillary walls in response to inflammatory signals is calleda. diapedesis,b. chemotaxis,c. margination,d. opsonization.
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a function of interferons?
- Open QuestionGive a function for each of the following: (l) interleukins, (m) tumor necrosis factor, (n) colony-stimulating factors.
- Open QuestionMultiple ChoiceMore than one choice may apply.Against which of the following will interferon do some good?a. Infection of body cells by a virusb. Circulating free virusesc. Some types of cancerd. Bacterial infection
- Open QuestionComplement activation promotes all of the following excepta. cell lysis,b. inflammation,c. opsonization,d. interferon release,e. chemotaxis of neutrophils and other cells.
- Multiple Choice
Lysozyme is effective at destroying bacteria pathogens because it does what?
- Open Question
Which of the following functions is/are performed by complement proteins?
a. Cell lysis
b. Opsonization
c. Enhancing inflammation
d. Only a and b
e. All of the above
- Multiple Choice
The ____________ glands create sebum which makes the skin more __________ which decreases microbial growth.