immune popcorn

Question 1

allergic and helminth responses

Answer 1

basophils

Question 2

release histamine and heparin

Answer 2

basophils and mast cells

Question 3

reduction of clotting

Answer 3

heparin basophils

Question 4

least common PNM

Answer 4

basophils

Question 5

circulating in bloodstream and present in organs particularly GI and Respiratory tract

Answer 5

eosinophils

Question 6

release H2o2 and oxygen radicals

Answer 6

eosinophils

Question 7

viruses and parasites

Answer 7

eosinophils

Question 8

release leukotrienes (lipid signaling)

Answer 8

eosinophils

Question 9

active in allergic reactions and asthma

Answer 9

eosinophils

Question 10

stimulate Tlymphocytes and are weakly phagocytic

Answer 10

eosinophils

Question 11

most abundant granulocyte

Answer 11

Neutrophils

Question 12

circulating the blood stream

Answer 12

Neutrophils

basophils

Question 13

active against fungi and bacteria

Answer 13

Neutrophils

Question 14

first responders

Answer 14

Neutrophils

Question 15

release other cytokines to recruit monocytes & macrophages

Answer 15

Neutrophils

Question 16

Strongly Phagocytic

Answer 16

Neutrophils

Question 17

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs)

Answer 17

Neutrophil

Question 18

fever

Answer 18

IL 1 and 6

Question 19

acute phase response

Answer 19

IL-6

Question 20

activates activates neutropjils

Answer 20

TNF

Question 21

block virus replication

Answer 21

interferons

Question 22

mature in tissues

Answer 22

mast cells

Question 23

agranular

Answer 23

monocytes

rise to dendritic cells & macrophages

Question 24

stored in spleen

Answer 24

monocytes

Question 25

strongest APC

Answer 25

dendritic cells

Question 26

langerhans cells

Answer 26

dendritic cells | hiv

Question 27

release TNF and ILs

Answer 27

macrophages

Question 28

Specialized macrophages within the liver | Destroy bacteria & old RBCs

Answer 28

kupffer cells

Question 29

Chronic activation of Kupffer cells (toxins, EtOH

Answer 29

liver damage

Question 30

against viruses and cancerous cells

Answer 30

NKC

Question 31

perforins and proteases

Answer 31

NKC

Question 32

bloodstream, liver and spleen

Answer 32

NKC

Question 33

made in liver

Answer 33

complement proteins

Question 34

c3

Answer 34

most abundant complement protein in humans

Question 35

Opsonization

Answer 35

enhancing phagocytosis of antigens by ‘marking’ them for destruction