Question 1

Match each term with its definition.
-Condition in which the usually protective antibodies are produced in large quantities, but react against the person's own normal tissue

Accepted Answer

Lupus is an autoimmune condition where the immune system produces antibodies that attack the body's own tissues.

Question 2

Match each term with its definition.
-Autoantibody that locks on to the body's own IgG molecule as if it were an antigen

Accepted Answer

Rheumatoid factor is an autoantibody that targets the body's own IgG molecule, treating it as an antigen.

Question 3

Match each term with its definition.
-Newer type of drug used to prevent HIV from entering healthy T cells

Accepted Answer

Entry inhibitors are a newer type of drug used to prevent HIV from entering healthy T cells.

Question 4

Match each term with its definition.
-Computerized image of the metabolic activity of the body tissues created by measuring glucose uptake

Accepted Answer

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a computerized image that shows the metabolic activity of body tissues by measuring glucose uptake.

Question 5

Match each term with its definition.
-Cancer of the blood and blood-forming organs

Accepted Answer

Leukemia is the term for cancer of the blood and blood-forming organs.

Question 6

Match each term with its definition.
-Blood test used to measure the presence of the different classes of immunoglobulins

Accepted Answer

Serum protein electrophoresis is a blood test used to measure the presence of different classes of immunoglobulins.

Question 7

Match each term with its definition.
-Branch of the immune response system that results from B cell activity

Accepted Answer

The antibody-mediated immune response is the branch of the immune system that involves B cell activity, which produces antibodies to neutralize pathogens.

Question 8

Match each term with its definition.
-Tumor suppresser gene

Accepted Answer

The p53 gene is a well-known tumor suppressor gene that helps regulate the cell cycle and prevent cancer.

Question 9

Match each term with its definition.
-Drugs that are incorporated into the DNA of HIV and stop the building process, slowing the spread of HIV

Accepted Answer

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors are drugs that are incorporated into the DNA of HIV and stop the building process, thereby slowing the spread of the virus.

Question 10

Match each term with its definition.
-Family of proteins that can fight viruses

Accepted Answer

Interferons are a family of proteins that are produced by cells in response to viral infections and help to inhibit virus replication.

Question 11

Match each term with its definition.
-Group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells

Accepted Answer

Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.

Question 12

Match each term with its definition.
-Yeast infection that is sometimes present in the mouth, esophagus, and vagina

Accepted Answer

Candidiasis is a yeast infection that can occur in the mouth, esophagus, and vagina.

Question 13

Match each term with its definition.
-Branch of the immune response system that results from T cell activity

Accepted Answer

The cell-mediated immune response is the branch of the immune system that involves T cell activity, which targets and destroys infected or cancerous cells.

Question 14

Match each term with its definition.
-Drugs that prevent HIV replication by inhibiting a viral protein

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each term with its definition.
-Drugs that...

Question 15

Match each term with its definition.
-Lymphocyte destroyer

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each term with its definition.
-Lymphocyte destroyer
...

Question 16

Match each term with its definition.
-Substances that announce their foreignness by carrying different kinds of characteristic shapes called epitopes, which stick out from the surface

Accepted Answer

Antigens are substances that are recognized as foreign by the immune system and have characteristic shapes called epitopes on their surfaces.

Question 17

Match each term with its definition.
-Ability to engulf and destroy antigens

Accepted Answer

Phagocytosis is the process by which cells, such as monocytes and macrophages, engulf and destroy antigens.

Question 18

Match each term with its definition.
-Group of genes that encode molecules found in all body cells, creating a biochemical "fingerprint" that serves as the "ID" for cells so that they are marked as "self"

Accepted Answer

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a group of genes that encode molecules found in all body cells, creating a biochemical "fingerprint" that serves as the "ID" for cells so that they are marked as "self".

Question 19

Match each term with its definition.
-Form of cancer that appears as purplish blotches on the skin

Accepted Answer

Kaposi's sarcoma is a form of cancer that appears as purplish blotches on the skin.

Question 20

Match each term with its definition.
-Immature cells that have little ability to fight infection

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each term with its definition.
-Immature cells...

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Match each term with its definition. -Condition in which the usually protective antibodies are produced in large quantities, but react against the person's own normal tissue

Match each term with its definition. -Autoantibody that locks on to the body's own IgG molecule as if it were an antigen

Match each term with its definition. -Newer type of drug used to prevent HIV from entering healthy T cells

Match each term with its definition. -Computerized image of the metabolic activity of the body tissues created by measuring glucose uptake

Match each term with its definition. -Cancer of the blood and blood-forming organs

Match each term with its definition. -Blood test used to measure the presence of the different classes of immunoglobulins

Match each term with its definition. -Branch of the immune response system that results from B cell activity

Match each term with its definition. -Tumor suppresser gene

Match each term with its definition. -Drugs that are incorporated into the DNA of HIV and stop the building process, slowing the spread of HIV

Match each term with its definition. -Family of proteins that can fight viruses

Match each term with its definition. -Group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells

Match each term with its definition. -Yeast infection that is sometimes present in the mouth, esophagus, and vagina

Match each term with its definition. -Branch of the immune response system that results from T cell activity

Match each term with its definition. -Drugs that prevent HIV replication by inhibiting a viral protein

Match each term with its definition. -Lymphocyte destroyer

Match each term with its definition. -Substances that announce their foreignness by carrying different kinds of characteristic shapes called epitopes, which stick out from the surface

Match each term with its definition. -Ability to engulf and destroy antigens

Match each term with its definition. -Group of genes that encode molecules found in all body cells, creating a biochemical "fingerprint" that serves as the "ID" for cells so that they are marked as "self"

Match each term with its definition. -Form of cancer that appears as purplish blotches on the skin

Match each term with its definition. -Immature cells that have little ability to fight infection