A(n) ________ is any substance capable of mobilizing our immune system and provoking an immune response.
A) interferon
B) antibody
C) antigen
D) pyrogen
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Question 2) What hearing disorder arises when there is damage or degeneration of receptor cells in the spiral organ of Corti, cochlear nerve, or neurons in the auditory cortex of the brain?
A) Mnire's disease
B) conduction deafness
C) sensorineural deafness
D) otosclerosis
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Question 3) What small proteins are secreted by virus-infected cells to help defend cells that have not yet been infected?
A) haptens
B) pyrogens
C) interferons
D) antigens
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Question 4) Tiny stones made of calcium salts that roll in response to changes in gravitational pull are called ________.
A) cupulae
B) otoliths
C) maculae
D) ossicles
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Question 5) The binding of complement proteins to certain sugar or proteins on a foreign cell's surface is called ________.
A) cellular immunity (cellular-mediated immunity)
B) complement fixation
C) positive chemotaxis
D) diapedesis
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Question 6) Dynamic equilibrium receptors that detect information about angular or rotational movements of the head are housed in the ________.
A) cochlea
B) vestibule
C) semicircular canals
D) oval window
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Question 7) What mediates the adaptive defense system (specific defense system)?
A) lymphocytes
B) antigens
C) mucous membranes
D) pathogens
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Question 8) What sensation is related to sitting motionless at a desk studying your anatomy and physiology material?
A) vibrations
B) static equilibrium
C) hearing
D) dynamic equilibrium
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Question 9) Redness, heat, swelling, and pain are the four most common indicators of ________.
A) fever
B) dehydration
C) edema
D) acute inflammation
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Question 10) The vibration of sound waves causes the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, to move against an ossicle known as ________.
A) malleus or hammer
B) incus or anvil
C) stapes or stirrup
D) otolith
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