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NMCN Professional Exam The Lymphatic and Immune System — practice questions — page 2

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Active or passive immunity?

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Left
Active
Items
  1. Item
    Vaccine injection
    Answer
    Active
  2. Item
    Breast milk IgA
    Answer
    Passive
  3. Item
    Immune globulin
    Answer
    Passive
  4. Item
    Having chickenpox
    Answer
    Active
  5. Item
    Placental IgG
    Answer
    Passive
  6. Item
    Memory develops
    Answer
    Active
  7. Item
    No memory forms
    Answer
    Passive
  8. Item
    Own plasma cells
    Answer
    Active
Right
Passive
Instructions
Swipe left for active immunity, swipe right for passive immunity.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 21 "The Lymphatic and Immune System", section 21.4 The Adaptive Immune Response: B-lymphocytes and Antibodies_

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Match each antibody to its job

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    IgM
    Right
    First antibody of a primary response
  2. Left
    IgG
    Right
    Crosses the placenta to protect the fetus
  3. Left
    IgA
    Right
    Dimer in mucus, saliva, tears and milk
  4. Left
    IgE
    Right
    Binds mast cells and drives allergy
  5. Left
    IgD
    Right
    Receptor on naive B cells, never secreted
Instructions
Tap an antibody class, then tap the job that belongs to it.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 21 "The Lymphatic and Immune System", section 21.4 The Adaptive Immune Response: B-lymphocytes and Antibodies_

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Order the inflammatory response

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Steps
  1. Tissue injury
  2. Histamine released
  3. Vessels dilate
  4. Plasma leaks out
  5. Neutrophils arrive
  6. Debris cleared
Instructions
Tap the stages in the order they happen after a tissue injury.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 21 "The Lymphatic and Immune System", section 21.2 Barrier Defenses and the Innate Immune Response_

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