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- 1. Multiple Choice
The response to an infection. Causes the area to redden, swell, and feel warm.
Fever
Mucus
Dilation
Inflammation
- 2. Multiple Choice
Chemical that causes the blood vessels around the infection to dilate (expand) so that more blood can flow to the infection
Stomach acid
Mucus
Epithelial cell
Histamine
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT considered FIRST line of defense?
Helper T-Cells
Skin
Cough
Mucous Membranes
- 4. Multiple Choice
What are the two types of immune systems?
Acquired & Adaptive
Innate & Adaptive
Innate & Autoimmune
Red & White Blood Cells
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is phagocytosis?
WBCs
When a cells eat other cells
When a cell collapses
When a cell releases nutrients
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following secretes histamine?B cellsmacrophagesneutrophilsmast cells
- 7. Multiple Choice
The innate immune system is...
Always working and doesn't require any special preparation
Needs to be "primed" before it can work to its full effectiveness
Very specific and only defends against a specific pathogen
Not very effective at preventing intruders
- 8. Multiple Choice
This sticky fluid traps any pathogens that try and get in our body
Mucous Lining
Blood
Stomach Acid
Skin
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the function of innate immune response?Act very rapid as a first line of defense to eliminate the infectionTrap microbes so they cannot spread in our body freelyCoordinate and support adaptive immunityAll of the above
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat category of immune response would sneezing and mucus production fall under?Innate ImmunityAcquired ImmunityHumoral ImmunityCell Mediated Immunity
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat chemical is released by the immune system in response to an allergen?DopamineHistamineInsulinNo clue
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the largest outer defense of the body?Stomach AcidMucous MembranesWhite Blood CellsSkin - 13. Multiple Choice
Which type of microbe is not a living thing?
Bacteria
Viruses
Fungi
Protists
- 14. Multiple Choice
Ticks are an example of this way of transmitting (spreading) disease
Air-borne
Vector
Touching a surface
Contaminated food or water
- 15. Multiple ChoiceViruses reproduce themselves by...dividing into two identical copiescausing cells to transform into virusesmaking host cells reproduce copies of the virusesplanting eggs inside host organisms
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which type of pathogen is responsible for causing the flu, chicken pox, and yellow fever?
viruses
parasites
fungi
bacteria
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAny disease that can be transmitted from an animal to a human.viruszoonosisLyme diseasefomite
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which types of cells found in this epithelium produce mucus?
goblet cells
goblin cells
neutrophils
eosinophils
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the process where white blood cells surround, engulf and digest pathogens?
protein synthesis
photosynthesis
vaccination
phagocytosis
- 20. Multiple Choice
These mechanisms cause body temperature to increase during a fever
vasoconstriction
vasodilation
sweating
shivering
- 21. Multiple Choice
The part of the brain which regulates body temperature is called
The hypothalamus
The hippocampus
The hypodermia
- 22. Multiple Choice
A gathering of platelets that form a small loose mass at the site called a wound
coagulation
platelet plug
fibrin
hemostasis
- 23. Multiple Choice
A long thread like fiber which weaves around the platelet plug to form a blood clot.
hemolysis
platelets
fibrin
thrombin
- 24. Multiple Choice
If the skin is broken then a blood clot forms to seal this cut.
What is the first step in the process of blood clotting?
Fibrinogen turns into fibrin
Platelets release clotting factors
Fibrinogen is converted into thrombin
Thrombin is converted into prothrombin
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is the effect which thrombin has on the process of blood clotting?
Fibrinogen is converted to fibrin
Prothrombin is converted to thrombin
Platelets are caused to release clotting factors.
Clotting factors are taken up by red blood cells.
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