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Immunology Chapter 2
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Immunology
Intermediate
09/22/2016

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Hinge
Definition
region of the antibody molecule that is proline rich and flexible
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Serology
Definition
the study of serum components of the blood; this science deals mostly with the in vitro measurement of antibody and antigen reactions in serum or plasma
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Maturation
Definition
function of IgD
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Gamma
Definition
electrophoretic region that contains immunoglobulin
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hybridoma
Definition
makes a monoclonal antibody; made of a fused spleen cell and a myeloma cell
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Ten
Definition
number of binding sites on IgM
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Myeloma
Definition
Bence-Jones proteins are immunoglobulin light chain found in the urine of patients with multiple _____
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Hypervariable
Definition
three regions on the light chain andd three regioons on the heavy chain that bind the epitope of the antigen; also called complementary determining regions
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Placenta
Definition
IgG passes through this to get from the mom to infant
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Paratope
Definition
an area on the immunoglobulin molecule that binds the epitope of the antigen
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Secretions
Definition
where IgA is found and functions
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Avidity
Definition
the sum of he affinities of the binding sites of the molecule
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Class
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the part of the immunoglobulin molecule that guides the biological activity of the molecule; contains the iostypic determinants
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