SI LAB - Glossary 3

Question 1

adjuvant increases specific Ab production or degree of sensitization by increasing what? (2)

Answer 1

size or length of survival

Question 2

3 functions of adjuvant

Answer 2

increases Ab production
increase degree of sensitization
increase immune response

Question 3

does the alternative complement pathway involve serologic reaction

Answer 3

no

Question 4

alternative complement pathway is a system for activating complement beginning at ???

Answer 4

C3

Question 5

amboceptor is a substance found where?

Answer 5

blood and lymph

Question 6

components of cytolysis

Answer 6

amboceptor
complement
cells with antibody

Question 7

amboceptor causes hemolysis of sheep red cells in the present of ?

Answer 7

complement

Question 8

amboceptor is an active component of what process

Answer 8

cytolysis

Question 9

Antinuclear antibody is found in what disease

Answer 9

systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Question 10

Antistreptolysin O is an antibody against ___

Answer 10

streptolysin O

Question 11

Antistreptolysin O is a hemolysin produced by ____

Answer 11

Group A streptococci

Question 12

B Cell is a lymphocyte from the bursa of ___ (2)

Answer 12

Fabricius or an immunoglobulin-forming cell

Question 13

BE Antigen is capable of absorbing what type of antiboes

Answer 13

Heterophil antibodies

Question 14

Heterophil antibodies absorbed by BE antigen is produced as a result of what diseases (2)

Answer 14

infectious mononucleosis and serum sickness

Question 15

IM meaning

Answer 15

infectious mononucleosis

Question 16

C-reactive protein can react with what substance?

Answer 16

C-polysaccharide somatic substance of the pneumococci

Question 17

how many components are involve in the classic complement pathway

Answer 17

9

Question 18

classic complement pathway is initiated by ___

Answer 18

serologic rxn

Question 19

cold agglutinin is active and inactive at what temp and

Answer 19

active: 4C
inactive: 37C

Question 20

how many components in complement

Answer 20

at least 14

Question 21

complement results to what ??

Answer 21

cell lysis

Question 22

components of cardiolipin antigen [3]

Answer 22

extract from fresh beef hearts
cholesterol
lecithin

Question 23

davidsohn differential test defines the characteristic of what antibodies

Answer 23

heterophil

Question 24

davidsohn differential test defines the characteristic of heterophil antibodies by what antigens? (2)

Answer 24

guinea pig and beef

Question 25

density gradient centrifugation is the most common proceudre for what type of cells

Answer 25

mononuclear

Question 26

enzyme immunoassay | what is the label and binding reagent

Answer 26

label: enzyme | binding reagent: antibody

Question 27

GPK antigen absorbs what antibodies (?)

Answer 27

Forssman and serum sickness

Question 28

H antigens are flagellar antigens of what organism

Answer 28

bacteria

Question 29

enzyme immunoassay is what type of assay

Answer 29

ligand assay

Question 30

eluate is a fluid medium which contains ___deliberately removed from red cells

Answer 30

antibodies

Question 31

Forssman antibody is what type of antibody?

Answer 31

heterophil antibody

Question 32

Forssman antibody is a heterophil antibody that is stimulated by one antigen and reacts with unrelated surface antigen present on cells from different ____ species

Answer 32

mammalian

Question 33

H antigens are what type of antigens of bacteria

Answer 33

flagellar

Question 34

hemagglutination is the agglutination or clumping of red blood cells by the (what kind of serum)

Answer 34

antiserum

Question 35

equivalence point is the point of ___

Answer 35

dilution

Question 36

flocculation is a specific type of

Answer 36

precipitation

Question 37

what type of mechanism is complemet (humoral or cellular)

Answer 37

humoral

Question 38

is complement specific or nonspecific

Answer 38

nonspecific

Question 39

antiserum is a serum which contains ___

Answer 39

antibody

Question 40

antinuclear antibody is directed against ___

Answer 40

component of nucleus

Question 41

Ag-Ab complex is the union of Ab and with what type of antigne

Answer 41

homologous

Question 42

absorption is the removal of Ab from serum by addition of ___

Answer 42

red cells with corresponding surface Ag

Question 43

acquired antigen is sometimes ___

Answer 43

transient

Question 44

active immunity involves Ab production in the presence of what type of Ag

Answer 44

foreign

Question 45

acute phase proteins increase in the presence of (3)

Answer 45

infection, injury, trauma

Question 46

major system of complement pathway

Answer 46

classic complement pathway

Question 47

complement fixation occurs in a reaction with (what substances?)

Answer 47

antigen and antibody

Question 48

cardiolipin antigen is an extract from what substance?

Answer 48

fresh beef hearts

Question 49

flocculation is a specific type of precipitation that occurs over a narrow range of ___concentration

Answer 49

antigen

Question 50

aggregation of colloidal particles in a serologic reaction

Answer 50

flocculation

Question 51

forssman antibody is stimulated by ___ and reacts with what?

Answer 51

stimulated by one Ag | reacts with unrelated surface Ag