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Which statement best describes immunity?
Ability of the body to defend itself against infectious agents, foreign cells, or abnormal body (cancer) cells
Which statement best describes autoimmunity?
Occurs when a person’s immune system fails to differentiate own cells or tissues from an invading foreign agent
Which statement best describes nonspecific (innate) immunity?
It is present at birth providing immediate but general protection against foreign agents entering the body
Which statement best describes specific (acquired) immunity?
It is effective against a precise foreign agent, developing in response to contact with that agent, responding to subsequent exposures to same agent
All of the following cells are involved in nonspecific (innate) immunity except
T cells
Which cell type is shared by both nonspecific (innate) and specific (acquired) immunity?
Natural killer T cells
Which statement best describes cytotoxic T lymphocytes?
Kill invading organisms
(viruses, cancer)
Which statement best describes helper T lymphocytes?
Increase activity of killer lymphocytes; stimulate B cells
Which statement best describes memory T lymphocytes?
Are rapidly mobilized
in response to 2nd antigen encounter
Which statement best describes osteoarthritis/degenerative joint disease?
Symptoms include joint stiffness and pain in weight bearing joints
Which statement best describes gout?
Familial metabolic
disease and was once a disease of royalty
Which statement best describes rheumatoid arthritis?
Symptoms include
symmetrically inflamed joints that are warn, red, and swollen
Treatments for rheumatoid arthritis include all of the following except
Mineralocorticosteroids
All of the following are considered serious risk factors of biologics used to treat rheumatoid arthritis except
Diabetes
All of the following statements regarding lupus are correct except
Signs and symptoms of lupus are referred to as CREST
All of the following statements
regarding AIDS are correct except
Long latency period
reduces risk of spreading infection
All of the following are considered principles of infectious diseases except
Suprainfections
All of the following statements regarding the emergence of microorganisms as new infections or pathologies are correct except
Release of microorganisms from asteroids during near-pass orbits with earth
Which of the following statements is not part of the timeline for infection?
Patency period
Which of the following statements best describes carrier?
Disease harbored in an individual not showing signs or symptoms
Which of the following statements best describes endemic?
Disease that exists, but at a low level in the population
Which of the following statements best describes epidemic?
Disease occurring in
unusually large numbers over a specific area
All of the following statements regarding penicillins are correct except
There are 5 types
All of the following statements regarding penicillins are correct except
The beta-lactam ring in
cephalosporins is also found in macrolides
All of the following statements regarding multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
are correct except
It is due to proper use
or management of TB drugs
All of the following medications are considered 1st line TB drugs except
Capreomycin
All of the following medications are considered 2nd line TB drugs except
pyrazinamide
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Final Quiz 3 & 4
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Final Quiz 3 & 4
Updated
2012-07-23T21:48:34Z
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