11.1 Antibody production and vaccination

1.What forms the basis of immunity after vaccination?





2. Which structure found in eukaryotes has a single membrane?





3. A secondary immune response occurs when an antigen is encountered on a second occasion, due to exposure to a pathogen that previously caused infection. Which property of some viruses explains the lack of a secondary immune response?





4. What is directly responsible for allergic symptoms, including a runny nose or itchy eyes?





5. What is required for a skeletal muscle to exert force?





6. Which sequence of events leads to the production of antibodies?





7. In the production of monoclonal antibodies, B-cells are fused to tumour cells to make hybridoma cells. What can hybridoma cells do?





8. What is an example of active immunity?





9. What results from the fusion of tumour cells with B-cells?





10. How are B-cells activated?





11. Which of the following events form the basis of immunity upon which the principle of vaccination is based?





12. What first happens to a B lymphocyte when it becomes activated?





13. Which types of immunity are acquired by each of the following actions?





14. What is clonal selection?





15. What occurs in the body after the injection of a vaccine containing antigens?





16. What is produced in the body during HIV infection?





17. Which of the following statements is incorrect?





18. The diagram below shows some stages in the production of monoclonal antibodies. What are stages X, Y and Z?





19. How can active immunity be acquired?





20. What are fused in the production of monoclonal antibodies?





21. Which cells activate helper T-cells by antigen presentation?





22. What is required to produce monoclonal antibodies?





23. When a pathogen is ingested by a phagocyte, which event occurs first?







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