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Which type of immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies?
Which type of immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies?
What is the role of antibodies in humoral immunity?
What is the role of antibodies in humoral immunity?
Which type of immunity defends against intracellular microbes?
Which type of immunity defends against intracellular microbes?
What is the main role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
What is the main role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
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What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
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What is the physiologic example of passive immunity?
What is the physiologic example of passive immunity?
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Which type of immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies?
Which type of immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies?
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What type of immunity is especially important to defend against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes?
What type of immunity is especially important to defend against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes?
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What is the physiological example of passive immunity?
What is the physiological example of passive immunity?
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What is the function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
What is the function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
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What is the function of cell-mediated immunity?
What is the function of cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
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What is the difference between active and passive immunity?
What is the difference between active and passive immunity?
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What is the primary function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
What is the primary function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
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Which type of immunity is especially important for defending against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes?
Which type of immunity is especially important for defending against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes?
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What is the role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
What is the role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
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What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
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What is the only physiologic example of passive immunity?
What is the only physiologic example of passive immunity?
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What is the primary function of cell-mediated immunity?
What is the primary function of cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the main role of antibodies in enhancing the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes?
What is the main role of antibodies in enhancing the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes?
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Which type of immunity is conferred on an individual by transfer of antibodies or lymphocytes from an actively immunized individual?
Which type of immunity is conferred on an individual by transfer of antibodies or lymphocytes from an actively immunized individual?
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What is the primary function of humoral immunity?
What is the primary function of humoral immunity?
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Which type of immunity is induced in an individual by infection or vaccination?
Which type of immunity is induced in an individual by infection or vaccination?
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What is the primary advantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
What is the primary advantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
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What is the main function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
What is the main function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
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Which type of immunity is mediated by T lymphocytes?
Which type of immunity is mediated by T lymphocytes?
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What is the role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
What is the role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
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What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
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What is the main advantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
What is the main advantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
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What is the only physiologic example of passive immunity?
What is the only physiologic example of passive immunity?
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Which type of immunity is useful for rapidly conferring immunity even before the individual is able to mount an active response?
Which type of immunity is useful for rapidly conferring immunity even before the individual is able to mount an active response?
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What is the function of antibodies in enhancing the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes?
What is the function of antibodies in enhancing the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes?
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What is the role of cell-mediated immunity in defending against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells?
What is the role of cell-mediated immunity in defending against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells?
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What is the main disadvantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
What is the main disadvantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
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What is an example of a situation where passive immunity is useful?
What is an example of a situation where passive immunity is useful?
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What is the primary function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
What is the primary function of antibodies in humoral immunity?
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Which type of immunity is important for defending against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes?
Which type of immunity is important for defending against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes?
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What is the primary role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
What is the primary role of T lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
What is the difference between the specificities of B and T lymphocytes?
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What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
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What is the physiologic example of passive immunity?
What is the physiologic example of passive immunity?
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What is the main advantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
What is the main advantage of passive immunity over active immunity?
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What is the function of antibodies in enhancing the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes?
What is the function of antibodies in enhancing the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes?
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What is an example of when passive immunity may be used for emergency treatment?
What is an example of when passive immunity may be used for emergency treatment?
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What is the main difference between humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity?
What is the main difference between humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity?
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What is the function of T lymphocytes that kill host cells harboring infectious microbes in the cytoplasm or nucleus?
What is the function of T lymphocytes that kill host cells harboring infectious microbes in the cytoplasm or nucleus?
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What is an advantage of active immunity over passive immunity?
What is an advantage of active immunity over passive immunity?
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What is an example of when passive immunity may be used for conferring immunity on an individual?
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Study Notes
Overview of Adaptive Immunity and its Two Types: Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity
- Adaptive immunity has two types: humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity.
- Humoral immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies.
- Antibodies defend against extracellular microbes by preventing them from invading tissue cells and neutralizing toxins. They can also enhance the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes.
- Intracellular microbes are defended against by cell-mediated immunity, which is mediated by T lymphocytes.
- Cell-mediated immunity is especially important to defend against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes.
- T lymphocytes activate phagocytes to destroy microbes that have been ingested and live within intracellular vesicles of these phagocytes.
- Other T lymphocytes kill any type of host cells that harbor infectious microbes in the cytoplasm or nucleus.
- The specificities of B and T lymphocytes differ in important respects. Most T cells recognize only peptide fragments of protein antigens presented on cell surfaces, whereas B cells and antibodies are able to recognize many different types of molecules.
- Immunity may be induced in an individual by infection or vaccination (active immunity) or conferred on an individual by transfer of antibodies or lymphocytes from an actively immunized individual (passive immunity).
- Passive immunity is useful for rapidly conferring immunity even before the individual is able to mount an active response, but it does not induce long-lived resistance to the infection.
- The only physiologic example of passive immunity is seen in newborns, who acquire antibodies during fetal life from their mothers through the placenta and in the neonatal period from breast milk.
- Passive immunity is useful for treating some immunodeficiency diseases with antibodies pooled from multiple donors and for emergency treatment of some viral infections and snakebites using serum from immunized donors.
Overview of Adaptive Immunity and its Two Types: Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity
- Adaptive immunity has two types: humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity.
- Humoral immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies.
- Antibodies defend against extracellular microbes by preventing them from invading tissue cells and neutralizing toxins. They can also enhance the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes.
- Intracellular microbes are defended against by cell-mediated immunity, which is mediated by T lymphocytes.
- Cell-mediated immunity is especially important to defend against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes.
- T lymphocytes activate phagocytes to destroy microbes that have been ingested and live within intracellular vesicles of these phagocytes.
- Other T lymphocytes kill any type of host cells that harbor infectious microbes in the cytoplasm or nucleus.
- The specificities of B and T lymphocytes differ in important respects. Most T cells recognize only peptide fragments of protein antigens presented on cell surfaces, whereas B cells and antibodies are able to recognize many different types of molecules.
- Immunity may be induced in an individual by infection or vaccination (active immunity) or conferred on an individual by transfer of antibodies or lymphocytes from an actively immunized individual (passive immunity).
- Passive immunity is useful for rapidly conferring immunity even before the individual is able to mount an active response, but it does not induce long-lived resistance to the infection.
- The only physiologic example of passive immunity is seen in newborns, who acquire antibodies during fetal life from their mothers through the placenta and in the neonatal period from breast milk.
- Passive immunity is useful for treating some immunodeficiency diseases with antibodies pooled from multiple donors and for emergency treatment of some viral infections and snakebites using serum from immunized donors.
Overview of Adaptive Immunity and its Two Types: Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity
- Adaptive immunity has two types: humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity.
- Humoral immunity is mediated by B lymphocytes and antibodies.
- Antibodies defend against extracellular microbes by preventing them from invading tissue cells and neutralizing toxins. They can also enhance the uptake of extracellular microbes into phagocytes.
- Intracellular microbes are defended against by cell-mediated immunity, which is mediated by T lymphocytes.
- Cell-mediated immunity is especially important to defend against intracellular organisms that can survive and replicate inside cells such as phagocytes.
- T lymphocytes activate phagocytes to destroy microbes that have been ingested and live within intracellular vesicles of these phagocytes.
- Other T lymphocytes kill any type of host cells that harbor infectious microbes in the cytoplasm or nucleus.
- The specificities of B and T lymphocytes differ in important respects. Most T cells recognize only peptide fragments of protein antigens presented on cell surfaces, whereas B cells and antibodies are able to recognize many different types of molecules.
- Immunity may be induced in an individual by infection or vaccination (active immunity) or conferred on an individual by transfer of antibodies or lymphocytes from an actively immunized individual (passive immunity).
- Passive immunity is useful for rapidly conferring immunity even before the individual is able to mount an active response, but it does not induce long-lived resistance to the infection.
- The only physiologic example of passive immunity is seen in newborns, who acquire antibodies during fetal life from their mothers through the placenta and in the neonatal period from breast milk.
- Passive immunity is useful for treating some immunodeficiency diseases with antibodies pooled from multiple donors and for emergency treatment of some viral infections and snakebites using serum from immunized donors.
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Test your knowledge of adaptive immunity and its two types: humoral and cell-mediated immunity with this quiz! Learn about the roles of B and T lymphocytes, antibodies, and how immunity can be induced or conferred. Challenge yourself and see how well you understand the mechanisms of this crucial defense system. Don't forget to include keywords such as "adaptive immunity," "humoral immunity," "cell-mediated immunity," "B lymphocytes," "T lymphocytes," and "antibodies" in the description