Foundations in Microbiology
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780073522609
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Foundations in Microbiology
Ch. 16.1 - Summarize the main categories of immunopathology...Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 2ELOCh. 16.1 - Explain what is meant by immunopathology and give...Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.1 - What is involved in the four categories of B-cell...Ch. 16.1 - What does it mean for a reaction to be immediate...Ch. 16.2 - Describe general characteristics of allergic...Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 4ELOCh. 16.2 - Prob. 5ELOCh. 16.2 - Prob. 6ELO
Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 16.2 - Prob. 8ELOCh. 16.2 - Prob. 9ELOCh. 16.2 - Prob. 5CYPCh. 16.2 - Describe several factors that influence types and...Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 16.2 - Prob. 8CYPCh. 16.2 - Prob. 9CYPCh. 16.2 - Prob. 10CYPCh. 16.2 - Outline the target organs and symptoms of the...Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 10ELOCh. 16.3 - Define what is meant by blood groups, explain how...Ch. 16.3 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 13ELOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 13CYPCh. 16.3 - Explain why the tissues of some people are...Ch. 16.3 - Prob. 15CYPCh. 16.3 - Where do we derive our natural hypersensitivities...Ch. 16.3 - Prob. 17CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 19CYPCh. 16.4 - Describe the background features of immune complex...Ch. 16.4 - Prob. 15ELOCh. 16.4 - Contrast type II and type III hypersensitivities...Ch. 16.4 - Explain what occurs in immune complex diseases and...Ch. 16.5 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 16.5 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 16.5 - Prob. 18ELOCh. 16.5 - Discuss the involvement of T cells in organ...Ch. 16.5 - Describe the categories of grafts and how...Ch. 16.5 - Prob. 22CYPCh. 16.5 - Prob. 23CYPCh. 16.5 - What does it mean to say that tissues from two...Ch. 16.5 - Prob. 25CYPCh. 16.6 - Prob. 21ELOCh. 16.6 - Explain the origins of autoimmunity and describe...Ch. 16.6 - Prob. 23ELOCh. 16.6 - Explain the pathologic process in autoimmunity.Ch. 16.6 - Prob. 27CYPCh. 16.6 - Describe four major types of autoimmunity,...Ch. 16.7 - Outline the categories of immunodeficiency...Ch. 16.7 - Prob. 25ELOCh. 16.7 - Relate examples of secondary immunodeficiencies.Ch. 16.7 - Prob. 29CYPCh. 16.7 - Prob. 30CYPCh. 16.7 - Prob. 31CYPCh. 16.7 - Define cancer, and differentiate between a benign...Ch. 16.7 - Describe the relationship between cancer and the...Ch. 16.8 - Describe the characteristics of cancer, and...Ch. 16.8 - Explain how immune function relates to the...Ch. 16.L1 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 16.L1 - Which hypersensitivities are T-cell mediated? a....Ch. 16.L1 - The contact with allergen that results in symptoms...Ch. 16.L1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 16.L1 - A positive tuberculin skin test is an example of...Ch. 16.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 14MCQCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 15MCQCh. 16.L1 - How is the immune system involved in development...Ch. 16.L1 - Pollen is which type of allergen? a. anti-a alone...Ch. 16.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 16.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 16.L1 - Compare and contrast atopic allerg and type IV...Ch. 16.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 16.L1 - Why is a hemolytic transfusion reaction considered...Ch. 16.L1 - Prob. 4WCCh. 16.L1 - Explain how people with autoimmunity could develop...Ch. 16.L2 - Suggest some possible physiological benefits of...Ch. 16.L2 - Prob. 2CTCh. 16.L2 - Why would a person be allergic to strawberries...Ch. 16.L2 - a. Where in the course of type I allergies do...Ch. 16.L2 - Although we call persons with type O blood...Ch. 16.L2 - Prob. 6CTCh. 16.L2 - Prob. 7CTCh. 16.L2 - How can a person prevent becoming allergic to...Ch. 16.L2 - Prob. 9CTCh. 16.L2 - a. Explain why babies with agammaglobulinemia do...Ch. 16.L2 - In what ways can cancer be both a cause and a...Ch. 16.L2 - Looking at figure 15.8, reproduced here, explain...Ch. 16.L2 - Prob. 2VC
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