What is the primary function of the immune system? Produces hormones Maintains homeostasis and equilibrium of the internal environment Regulates body temperature Facilitates digestion

Maintains homeostasis and equilibrium of the internal environment

Which factors can affect the immune system? Genetics, general physical condition, medications, dietary patterns, stress Age, gender, ethnicity, occupation Climate, altitude, humidity, sunlight Exercise, sleep, hydration, meditation

Genetics, general physical condition, medications, dietary patterns, stress

What do disorders of the immune system result from? Genetic mutations, viral infections, bacterial infections Lack of exercise, poor diet, dehydration Excessive sun exposure, pollution, smoking Excess or deficiencies of immunocompetent cells, alteration in function of cells

Excess or deficiencies of immunocompetent cells, alteration in function of cells

What are the types of disorders of the immune system? Autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity (allergy reactions), infections Cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, neurological disorders Metabolic disorders, genetic disorders, psychological disorders Musculoskeletal disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, dermatological disorders

Autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity (allergy reactions), infections

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What is the body's specific protective response to a foreign agent or organism?

What is the primary function of the immune system?

Which factors can affect the immune system?

What do disorders of the immune system result from?

What are the types of disorders of the immune system?

What type of immunity provides defense against and resistance to infection, involving inflammatory response and physical/chemical barriers?

What type of immunity is 'learned' through exposure, such as contracted disease or vaccinations?

What are the two types of acquired/adaptive immunity?

What type of acquired/adaptive immunity involves defenses developed by a person's own body and lasts a long time?

What type of acquired/adaptive immunity is temporary and comes from a source outside of the body?

What type of immunity involves antibodies passed in breast milk?

What are the three types of defense in response to invasion?

What type of response to invasion is the phagocytic immune response, involving WBCs ingesting and destroying foreign particles?

What type of response to invasion involves B cells recognizing antigens and producing antibodies?

What are the types of responses of humoral immunity?

Which immunoglobulin is most prominent, activates the complement system, enhances phagocytosis, and crosses the placenta?

What type of response to invasion is cell-mediated immunity, involving T cells that mature in the thymus and circulate in peripheral blood?

What are the responses of cell-mediated immunity?

What type of T lymphocyte facilitates the action of other T & B cells and stimulates the immune system by releasing cytokines?

What type of T lymphocyte directly attacks antigens, causes lysis, and releases cytokines?

What type of T lymphocyte destroys infected and stressed cells and secretes macrophage cytokine?

What are the types of T lymphocytes?

What are cytokines and what is their role in the immune system?

What are the four functions of cytokines?

What are the types of cytokines?

What type of cytokine activates inflammation, induces fever, and activates T, B, & NK cells?

What type of cytokine regulates production, differentiation, survival, and activation of hematopoietic cells?

What type of cytokine has antiviral and antitumor properties?

What type of cytokine induces endotoxic shock, acts as a growth factor for fibroblasts, and necrotizes tumor cells?

What type of cytokine is made in the lab to stimulate the immune system?

What type of white blood cell (WBC) makes antibodies?

Which immune response is considered the first line response to a foreign invader?

How do you assess the immune system?

What are treatments that alter immune response?

What is drug therapy that alters immune response?

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