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Who is Elie Metchnikoff?

A Russian-born scientist studying starfish (correct)
A Russian-born scientist studying yeast
A Russian-born scientist studying water fleas
A Russian-born scientist studying phagocytes

What did Elie Metchnikoff call the cells that can ingest and destroy foreign material?

Antibodies
Antigens
Microbes
Phagocytes (correct)

What did Elie Metchnikoff receive the Nobel Prize for in 1908?

His studies of water fleas
His studies of starfish larvae
His studies of yeast
His studies of immunity (correct)

What is innate immunity?

Routine protection that involves pattern recognition of specific molecules (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is adaptive immunity?

The ability to produce antibodies to bind antigens (B) Signup and view all the answers

What did Elie Metchnikoff observe within the bodies of starfish larvae?

Motile ameba-like cells (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did Elie Metchnikoff introduce to the starfish larvae?

Splinter (D) Signup and view all the answers

What did Elie Metchnikoff reason about the cells in animals?

They are able to ingest and destroy foreign material (D) Signup and view all the answers

What did Elie Metchnikoff propose that the phagocytes destroy?

Invading microbes (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did Elie Metchnikoff study the phagocytes of?

Water fleas (B) Signup and view all the answers