Immunoglobins

Question 1

2 parts of immune response

Answer 1

Humoral immune system
Cellular immune system

Question 2

Different name for immunoglobulins (Ig)

Answer 2

Antibodies

Question 3

What produces immunoglobulins?

Answer 3

B Lymphocytes or B cells

Question 4

What are happens?

Answer 4

Small molecules that can elicit an immune response when covalently attached to large proteins

Question 5

What do antibodies recognise on the antigen?

Answer 5

The epitopes

Question 6

What are immunoglobulins divided into classes based on?

Answer 6

Their heavy chain constant regions

Question 7

How many classes are there of immunoglobulins?

Answer 7

5:
IgA
IgD
IgE
IgG
IgM

Question 8

What determines which class of immumoglobin?

Answer 8

The constant region

Question 9

What part of immunoglobins bind onto immune cells?

Answer 9

The bottom part of the constant region

Question 10

2 places immunoglobins can be found?

Answer 10

Circulating in blood
Attached to immune cells

Question 11

What is formed when the immunoglobin attaches to the antigen?

Answer 11

Antibody-antigen complex

Question 12

Which is the main antibody found in our blood? and most abundant in general

Answer 12

IgG

Question 13

What happens when IgG antibodies bind to viruses?

Answer 13

Neutralisation

Question 14

Is IgG a monomer or a dimer when secreted by plasma cells?

Answer 14

Monomer

Question 15

Is IgA a monomere or a dimer when secreted by plasma cells?

Answer 15

Dimer

Question 16

Which cells secrete antibodies?

Answer 16

Plasma cells

Question 17

2 forms of IgM antibodies?

Answer 17

Pentamer
Monomer

Question 18

Antibodies that are secreted as monomers

Answer 18

IgG
IgM
IgE
IgD

Question 19

Antibodies that are secreted as dimers

Answer 19

IgA

Question 20

Antibodies that are secreted as pentamers

Answer 20

IgM