IMMUNOLOGY PURSUIT

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IMMUNOLOGY PURSUIT
General Immunology Specific Response Non Specific Response HIV Definitions and Acronyms
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QUESTION

• What type of immunity is activated when a
  splinter first enters the body?

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ANSWER

• INNATE or TYPE 1

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QUESTION

• What is a latent virus?

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ANSWER

• One which remains inactive in the body causing no
  damage until activated later on.

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QUESTION

• What types of cells produce and hold antibodies?

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ANSWER

• B cells

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QUESTION

• What cells are involved in the Cell-Mediated
  responses?

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ANSWER

• T Cells

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QUESTION

• What cells have many finger like projections
  coming from the surface?

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ANSWER

• Dendritic Cells

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QUESTION

• To what structure do antibodies bind?

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ANSWER

• Antigens

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BONUS ROLL

• Free second turn whenever you want if you get the
  question correct.

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BONUS QUESTION

• What are the two categories of T cells?

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BONUS ANSWER

• Helper T cells and Cytotoxic T Cells

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QUESTION

• Are antibodies the good guys or bad guys?

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ANSWER

• Good Guys

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QUESTION

• What cells are involved in the Humoral response?

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ANSWER

• B Cells

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QUESTION

• What are naïve T cells?

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ANSWER

• T cells which have not been activated

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QUESTION

• From what cell do both T and B cells originate
  from?

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ANSWER

• Hematopoietic Stem Cells

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QUESTION

• What are the 5 characteristics of the
  inflammatory response?

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ANSWER

• Redness, Heat, Swelling, Pain and decreased
  mobility

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QUESTION

• What cells release histamines?

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ANSWER

• Histamines

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QUESTION

• What 2 types of cells help to eat or engulf
  pathogens?

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ANSWER

• Phagocytic cells and Macrophages

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QUESTION

• What types of structures do vaccines help to
  maintain?

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ANSWER

• Antibodies

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QUESTION

• What cells include antigen presenting cells?

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ANSWER

• Dendritic cells, tissue macrophages and B cells

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QUESTION

• Approximately how many million of people are
  living with AIDS in 2003?

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ANSWER
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QUESTION

• What types of cells are most affected by HIV?

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ANSWER

• HELPER T CELLS

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QUESTION

• What was the most likely means of the HIV virus
  moving across species boundaries from the simians
  to humans?

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ANSWER

• Eating monkey meat infected with SIV

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QUESTION

• Name 5 common opportunistic infections.

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ANSWER
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QUESTION

• Which cell receptor is primarily involved in HIV?

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ANSWER

• Gp120

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DEFINITION

• Epidemic

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ANSWER

• Spread of many cases of a disease over a large
  geographic area

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DEFINITION

• TNF

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ANSWER

• Tumor Necrosis Factor

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DEFINITION

• MHC

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ANSWER

• Major Histocompatibility Complex

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DEFINITION

• Processed

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ANSWER

• A protein which has been broken down to smaller
  pieces (peptides).

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DEFINITION

• Epitope

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ANSWER

• The specific are of an antigen which binds to the
  antibody