Test Your Knowledge of Phagocytes and Immune Defense Mechanisms 17.4

Which type of cells are responsible for seeking, ingesting, and killing pathogens through phagocytosis?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which type of leukocytes are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the process called when the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What are the molecular structures on phagocytes that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) called?

Which of the following is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue?

Which type of leukocytes may take several days to leave the bloodstream and differentiate into macrophages?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes are able to degrade microbes externally by releasing microbicidal defensin proteins into the area around the cell?

What are the molecular structures on macrophages that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) called?

Which type of leukocytes are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

Which of the following is NOT a function of phagocytes?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which leukocytes are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the process called when the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What is the name of the storehouse of microbicidal defensin proteins that some phagocytes contain and can be released into the area around the cell to degrade microbes externally?

What is the name of the intracellular signal that activates the phagocyte, causing it to transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

Which of the following is a key function of phagocytes?

What is the process called by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue?

Which type of leukocytes are the last to arrive and differentiate into macrophages?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules and roll along the blood vessel walls near the infected area?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What is the additional function of macrophages and dendritic cells besides being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What is the name of the storehouse of microbicidal defensin proteins that some phagocytes contain?

What is the name of the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that phagocytes use to recognize molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes?

Which of the following is a key function of phagocytes?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which type of leukocytes are the last to arrive and differentiate into macrophages?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which lysosomal enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What are reactive oxygen and nitrogen compounds produced to degrade microbes in the phagolysosome?

What do some phagocytes contain an internal storehouse of that can be released into the area around the cell to degrade microbes externally?

What is the name of the process by which macrophages and dendritic cells present key antigens on their cellular surface to stimulate some adaptive immune responses?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which of the following is NOT a function of phagocytes?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which type of leukocytes takes several days to leave the bloodstream and differentiate into macrophages?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism used by phagocytes to kill pathogens?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes provide an intracellular signal that activates the phagocyte, causing it to transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

Which of the following is NOT a function of phagocytes?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

Which type of leukocytes are the last to arrive and differentiate into macrophages?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process called when the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism used by phagocytes to kill pathogens?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

Which of the following is NOT a type of leukocyte involved in phagocytosis?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

Which of the following is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which of the following cells are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What are the lysosomal enzymes that digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes provide an intracellular signal that activates the phagocyte, causing it to transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What is the name of the process by which some phagocytes even contain an internal storehouse of microbicidal defensin proteins, which can be released into the area around the cell to degrade microbes externally?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

What are the molecular structures on phagocytes that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) called?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What type of cells are responsible for seeking, ingesting, and killing pathogens through phagocytosis?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

Which type of leukocytes are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

Which type of leukocytes may take several days to leave the bloodstream and differentiate into macrophages?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What type of cells are also antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response, further processing the remains of the degraded pathogen and presenting key antigens on their cellular surface, an important step for stimulation of some adaptive immune responses?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes provide an intracellular signal that activates the phagocyte, causing it to transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the process by which leukocytes are able to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which of the following is NOT a function of phagocytes?

What are the molecular structures that phagocytes recognize that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of pathogen destruction by phagocytes?

Which type of leukocytes may take several days to leave the bloodstream and differentiate into macrophages?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes release microbicidal defensin proteins into the area around the cell to degrade microbes externally?

What is the function of macrophages and dendritic cells in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue?

Which of the following is the first type of leukocyte to arrive, often within hours of a bacterial infection?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

Which type of leukocytes are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

What do pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on macrophages do?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes recognize molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes, called pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)?

What is the name of the process by which the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which some phagocytes contain an internal storehouse of microbicidal defensin proteins, which can be released into the area around the cell to degrade microbes externally?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What type of leukocytes are the first to arrive, often within hours of a bacterial infection?

What are the molecular structures that are common to many groups of pathogenic microbes called?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

What type of cells are involved in the specific adaptive immune response, further processing the remains of the degraded pathogen and presenting key antigens on their cellular surface, an important step for stimulation of some adaptive immune responses?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes may take several days to leave the bloodstream and differentiate into macrophages?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes provide an intracellular signal that activates the phagocyte, causing it to transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the process called when the pathogen is engulfed in a vesicle and brought into the internal compartment of the phagocyte?

What are the molecular structures on phagocytes that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) called?

What enzymes digest the pathogen in the phagolysosome?

What is the process by which leukocytes pass through the walls of small capillary blood vessels within tissues to reach pathogens located in infected tissue called?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

Which of the following is NOT a type of phagocyte?

What are the molecular structures on phagocytes that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) called?

What type of leukocytes are the first to arrive within hours of a bacterial infection?

What is the name of the process by which leukocytes stick slightly to the adhesion molecules, slowing down and rolling along the blood vessel walls near the infected area, before binding to even more of these adhesion molecules and squeezing through the cellular junction?

What is the name of the process by which phagocytes provide an intracellular signal that activates the phagocyte, causing it to transition from a dormant state of readiness and slow proliferation to a state of hyperactivity, proliferation, production/secretion of cytokines, and enhanced intracellular killing?

What is the name of the process by which the phagosome containing the pathogen fuses with one or more lysosomes, forming a phagolysosome, which enhances the acidification, essential for activation of pH-dependent digestive lysosomal enzymes and production of hydrogen peroxide and toxic reactive oxygen species?

Which of the following is an important early antibacterial mechanism during phagocytosis?

What are macrophages and dendritic cells also involved in, in addition to being antigen-presenting cells involved in the specific adaptive immune response?