Foundations in Microbiology
Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.1, Problem 2ELO
Summary Introduction

To identify:

Relationship between immunocompetence, antigens, specificity and memory with immune system.

Introduction:

Immunocompetence is defined as the ability of the body to recognize and react with multiple foreign substances.

Antigens are defined as that any cell, particle, or chemical that has properties that allow it to stimulate a specific immune response by B cells or T cells.

Specificity is defined as limited to a single, precise characteristic or action.

Memory is defined as long-lived progeny of a sensitized lymphocyte that remains in circulation and is genetically programmed to react rapidly the next time it encounters its antigen.

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Chapter 15 Solutions

Foundations in Microbiology

Ch. 15.1 - Explain the clonal selection theory of receptor...Ch. 15.1 - Why must the body develop tolerance to seit?Ch. 15.1 - Prob. 6CYPCh. 15.1 - What is happening during lymphocyte maturation?Ch. 15.1 - Prob. 8CYPCh. 15.2 - Explain the characteristics of antigens, the...Ch. 15.2 - Discuss the main categories of antigens, based on...Ch. 15.2 - What are antigens, immunogens, and epitopes, and...Ch. 15.2 - How do foreignness, size, and complexity...Ch. 15.2 - Compare five unique types of antigens, and explain...Ch. 15.3 - Describe the cooperative interactions between...Ch. 15.3 - Discuss the actions of interleukins in the early...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 15.3 - Prob. 13ELOCh. 15.3 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 15.3 - Prob. 15ELOCh. 15.3 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 13CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 14CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 15CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 16CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 17CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 15.3 - Discuss how superantigens are different from other...Ch. 15.4 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 15.4 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 15.4 - Prob. 18ELOCh. 15.4 - Prob. 19ELOCh. 15.4 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 15.4 - What are the functions of plasma cells, clonal...Ch. 15.4 - Prob. 22CYPCh. 15.4 - Prob. 23CYPCh. 15.4 - Describe the attachment of antibodies to antigens....Ch. 15.4 - Prob. 25CYPCh. 15.4 - Prob. 26CYPCh. 15.4 - What causes the latent period and the anamnestic...Ch. 15.5 - Prob. 20ELOCh. 15.5 - Differentiate between natural and artificial...Ch. 15.5 - Expand on the four combinations of the defining...Ch. 15.5 - Prob. 28CYPCh. 15.5 - Name at least two major ways in which natural and...Ch. 15.5 - Prob. 30CYPCh. 15.6 - Explain the purposes of immunotherapy and...Ch. 15.6 - Describe the sources and uses of artificial...Ch. 15.6 - Discuss which factors are involved in vaccine...Ch. 15.6 - Identify the major categories of vaccine antigens,...Ch. 15.6 - Prob. 27ELOCh. 15.6 - Describe the preparation of killed vaccines; live,...Ch. 15.6 - Prob. 32CYPCh. 15.6 - Prob. 33CYPCh. 15.6 - Prob. 34CYPCh. 15.L1 - Which of these characteristics is not a major...Ch. 15.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 15.L1 - In humans, B cells mature in the _____________ and...Ch. 15.L1 - Small, simple molecules are_________antigens. a....Ch. 15.L1 - Which type of cell actually secretes antibodies?...Ch. 15.L1 - CD4 cells are ________ cells and CD8 cells are...Ch. 15.L1 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 15.L1 - A living microbe with reduced virulence that is...Ch. 15.L1 - A vaccine that contains parts of viruses is called...Ch. 15.L1 - Prob. 16MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 17MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 18MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 19MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 20MCQCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 15.L1 - Using words and arrows, complete a flow outline of...Ch. 15.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 4WCCh. 15.L1 - Prob. 5WCCh. 15.L1 - Combine information on the functions of different...Ch. 15.L2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 15.L2 - Prob. 2CTCh. 15.L2 - Double-stranded DNA is a large, complex molecule,...Ch. 15.L2 - Prob. 4CTCh. 15.L2 - Describe the relationship between an antitoxin, a...Ch. 15.L2 - Prob. 6CTCh. 15.L2 - Prob. 7CTCh. 15.L2 - Prob. 8CTCh. 15.L2 - Prob. 9CTCh. 15.L2 - Prob. 1VCCh. 15.L2 - Examine figure 6.6c and determine which components...
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