Antibodies, or immunoglobulins, are secreted by activated B cells or by their plasma-cell offspring in response to an antigen.
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Question 2) Which endocrine gland is most closely associated with the hypothalamus?
A) thymus
B) pineal gland
C) thyroid gland
D) pituitary gland
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Question 3) Artificially acquired passive immunity is conferred when one receives immune serum for poisonous snake bites.
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Question 4) Hormones of the hypothalamus stimulate the anterior pituitary gland to secrete its hormones. How would you classify this type of endocrine gland stimulation?
A) hormonal
B) humoral
C) neural
D) direct gene activation
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Question 5) Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) engulf antigens and present them to cells that will deal with them.
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Question 6) Water-soluble hormones, such as proteins and peptide hormones, activate target cells using ________.
A) direct gene activation
B) the second-messenger system
C) steroid hormone action
D) diffusion
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Question 7) B cells become immunocompetent in the thymus.
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Question 8) Identify the five basic taste receptors and describe what each type of receptor detects.
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Question 9) B lymphocytes (B cells) and T lymphocytes (T cells) play an important role in the adaptive defense system.
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Question 10) Your elderly neighbor wears hearing aids. Without them, he can't hear you knocking on his door. Do you think he wears the hearing aids for sensorineural deafness or conduction deafness? Explain your choice and differentiate between the causes of these two types of deafness.
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