IMMUNOLOGYIMMUNOLOGY PURSUIT 2 PURSUIT 2

General Immunology

Specific Response

Non Specific Response

HIV Definitions and Acronyms

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QUESTION

• What is the best means of preventing infection?

ANSWER

• Hand washing

QUESTION

What is the name of the chemical that can cause a puncture in the cell membrane?

ANSWER

• Perforin

QUESTION

• :What is another name for Type II immunity?

ANSWER

• ACQUIRED

QUESTION

• What cells are involved in the Humoral response?

ANSWER

• B CELLS

QUESTION

• What are the three cells that are found in the acquired immune system?

ANSWER

• B cells, T cells, and Dendritic Cells

QUESTION What are naïve T cells?

ANSWER

• T cells that have not been differentiated into either helper T cells or cytotoxic T cells.

BONUS QUESTION

• If you answer the question correctly, you will receive a free turn whenever you would like.

BONUSQUESTION

• In what locations in the body are lymphocytes made immunocompetent?

BONUSANSWER

• Thymus and Bone Marrow

QUESTION

• At what point in a person’s life are T cells immunocompetent?

Answer

• At birth

QUESTION

• What lineage gives rise to B and T cells?

ANSWER

• Lymphoid

QUESTION

• Virally infected cells are attacked by which of the CD cells (a number is needed)?

ANSWER

• CD 8

QUESTION

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QUESTION

• What is the difference in location between monocytes and macrophages?

ANSWER

• Macrophages are found inside tissues and monocytes are found circulating throughout the blood stream

QUESTION

• Where is lysozyme found?

ANSWER

• In tears

QUESTION

• What is the function of the mucosal-ciliary escalator system?

ANSWER

• To trap foreign particles in the mucus and through the activity of the cilia to move the pathogens up from the respiratory area to the mouth.

QUESTION

• What ‘system’ is made up of chemicals that function similar to a series of dominos that can begin activity without the use of antibodies? Be very specific.

ANSWER

• Alternative Complement system

QUESTION

• After foreign proteins are broken down into peptides a piece of the peptide is moved toward the surface of the cell to serve as an antigen. What is this process of the antigen being ‘shown’ on the surface of the cell called?

ANSWER

• Presented

QUESTION

• In what parts of the world are the newest epidemics of HIV showing up? Name 3.

ANSWER

• China, Russia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Viet Nam, Baltic States

QUESTION

• Why do opportunistic infections begin to show up in HIV?

ANSWER

• Because helper T cells are no longer able to produce enough clones to offset the new virions being produced.

QUESTION

• When did AIDS first appear in the US?

ANSWER

• 1981/1982

QUESTION

• In the US, what racial/ethnic group is contracting HIV at the greatest rate?

ANSWER

• African Americans

QUESTION

• What are the three main categories of drug treatment for HIV?

ANSWER

• Protease Inhibitors, Nucleosides, Non-nucleosides.

QUESTION

• NK

ANSWER

• Natural killer cells

QUESTION

• Immunocompromised

ANSWER

• The immune system has been damaged and can no longer mount a defense against pathogens

QUESTION

• Index case

ANSWER

• The case/person which is considered the primary source of a disease.

QUESTION

• APC

ANSWER

• Antigen Presenting Cell

QUESTION

• Q: IL- (followed by a number)

ANSWER

• Interleukins