Chapter 43

24 July 2022

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Which of these is NOT part of insect immunity?

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Activation of natural killer cells

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An epitope associates with which part of an antigen receptor or antibody?

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Variable regions of a heavy chain and light chain combined

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Which of the following statements best describes the difference in responses of effector B cells (plasma cells) and cytotoxic T cells?

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B cells secrete antibodies against a pathogen; cytotoxic T cells kill pathogen-infected host cells

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Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A lymphocyte has receptors for multiple different antigens

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Which of the following should be the same in identical twins?

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The set of MHC molecules produced

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Vaccination increases the number of:

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producing proteins very similar to those of other viruses

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Which of the following would not help a virus avoid triggering an adaptive immune response?

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Producing proteins very similar to those of other viruses