What is the primary role of the spleen's venous sinuses?

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Question 1 of 5

What is the primary role of the spleen's venous sinuses?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Venous sinuses store blood; filtering is nodes, pathogens are macrophages, lymphocytes are white pulp.

Question 2 of 5

Which organ filters blood for immune surveillance?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The spleen filters blood; thymus matures T cells, nodes filter lymph, tonsils trap pathogens.

Question 3 of 5

Which cells undergo positive selection in the thymus?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: T cells undergo positive selection; B cells are in marrow, macrophages and neutrophils don't.

Question 4 of 5

Which immunoglobulin is first produced in neonates?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: IgE is minimal at birth; IgM is first, but among these, IgG from mother is present, corrected to IgM in context.

Question 5 of 5

With regard to the medullary sinuses of the lymph node: They are supplied by the paratrabecular sinuses.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Lymph flows from paratrabecular (trabecular) sinuses into medullary sinuses in the lymph node.

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