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Immune System Quiz Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
The skin, body hair, cilia, eyelashes, the respiratory tract, and endothelia throughout the body serve as?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: These are physical barriers ; not cellular or cytokine .
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following is not a characteristic of inflammation?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Inflammation activates macrophages, not inactivates them; it includes permeability, vasodilation, and pain.
Question 3 of 5
Which type of T cell lyses cells that have been infected with viruses?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Cytotoxic T cells lyse infected cells; helper and suppressor have other roles.
Question 4 of 5
Cellular adaptive immunity is carried out by ____________.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: T cells drive cellular immunity; B cells are humoral.
Question 5 of 5
The cisterna chyli is
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The cisterna chyli is a dilated sac at the start of the thoracic duct, collecting lymph from the lower body and intestines.