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| After a naive cell encounters a foreign epitope, we say the cell becomes_____. |
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| Blood protein produced by the liver that is converted into blood clot fibers. |
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| Red pigment that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide within red blood cells. |
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| When cells of the immune system don't attack cells with self MHC 1 receptors, the immune cells are said to have immunological (self) ___________. |
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| Non-specific, non-granulocyte that "presents" antigenic determinants in an MHC 2 receptor. |
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| Chemical produced by platelets that cause vasoconstriction and makes platelets stick together. |
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| Anemia that results in too little vitamin B12. |
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| Individual that gives blood to another individual. |
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| Blood clot that is formed in one vessel and moves to another vessel. |
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| Long lived T or B cell that persists after an immune reaction and will generate the secondary immune response if the same microbe appears again. |
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| Anemia that results from damaged bone marrow. |
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| Common granulocyte that secretes defensins and is usually the first to attack bacteria. |
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| Genetic disease that does not allow victims blood to clot. |
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| Type of T cell that attacks cells infected by a microbe and secretes perforins. |
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| Chemical produced by basophils that prevent the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin. |
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| This blood type is the universal recipient. |
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| This blood type is the universal donor. |
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| Immunocompetent B and T cells that have not yet been exposed to an antigen are called this ________. |
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| Once T cells have been activated, the clones are now known as __________ Helper and Cytotoxic T cells. |
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| Anemia caused by red blood cells dying prematurely. |
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| Enzyme that breaks down clots. |
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| Type of T cell that produces chemicals which inhibit your immune response. "Calls off the attack" |
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| Granulocyte that protects the body against parasitic worms. |
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| The antibody component of plasma is called ______ globulins. |
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| Any foreign molecule that elicits an immune response. |
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| Hormone that stimulates myloid stem cells to differentiate into red blood cells. |
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| Fibers out of which a blood clot is made. |
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| Granulocyte that participates in allergic reactions by releasing histamine. |
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| T cell that produces a number of chemical responses that control your immune response. |
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| Non-granular white blood cell that becomes a macrophage or dendritic cell. |
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| Group of 20 blood proteins that interact with an antigen-antibody complex and cause a chain reaction that results in lysis of a cell. |
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| Response your immune system generates when body encounters same organism for second or third time. |
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| Organ where T cells become naive. |
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| Chemical produced by intact endothelial cells which inhibits thromboxane and continued platelet plug formation. |
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| A condition of too many red blood cells. |
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| This blood factor may cause a problem if a mother's blood is A- and the fetus has A+. |
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| Enzyme produced by bacteria that converts plasminogen into plasmin. |
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| Acronym for the two types of antigen holding receptors. |
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| Patient with too few white blood cells. |
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| Blood protein responsible for maintaining blood osmotic pressure. |
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| Protein secreted by plasma cells that immobilizes antigens and prepares them for phagocytosis. |
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| Blood clot that stays at the site it was formed. |
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| Chemical produced by the platelets that causes vascular spasm. |
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| Cancer of the bone marrow that generates too many white blood cells. |
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| Acronym for chemical produced by the walls of damaged blood vessels that converts plasminogen into plasmin. |
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