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Week 11 -Anatomy
Anatomy Week 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemotaxis is the process by which a cell navigates toward the source of the chemotactic factor by way of what? | Detecting and then moving toward higher concentrations of the factor |
| Recognition of antigens by antibodies occurs when ? | An antibodies' epitopes fit into and bind to an antigen molecule's antigen-binding site. |
| Antibodies are proteins of the family called | immunoglobulins |
| The ingestion and destruction of microorganisms or other small particles is called | Phagocytosis |
| The functions of the lymph nodes are | Defense and hematopoiesis |
| The body's defense mechanisms can be organized into one of the two major categories of immune mechanisms: these are | Innate and Adaptive immunity |
| Which of the following is a powerful poison that acts directly on any cell and quickly kills it? | Lymphotoxin |
| Lymphocytes that kill many types of tumor cells infected by different kinds of viruses are known as | Natural killer cells |
| The primary organ of the lymphatic system is the | Thymus |
| Which organ has several functions, including defense, hematopoiesis, red cell and platelet destruction, and blood reservior? | Spleen |