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5. A non-self substance that triggers an immune response is referred to as a(n): Answer 6....

5. A non-self substance that triggers an immune response is referred to as a(n): Answer

6. Bacterial growth slows down when someone has a fever because the fever causes the liver and spleen to remove iron from the blood. This slows down bacterial growth since the bacteria need iron to reproduce. Select one: True False

7. Having a very high fever can be deadly because above a certain temperature, the proteins in your body will start to unfold and no longer be functional. For example, the hemoglobin protein would unfold and no longer be able to carry oxygen to the tissues in your body. Since your tissues need oxygen to survive, you would die if those proteins were to unfold. Select one: True False

8. The following symptoms are part of the inflammatory response: redness, swelling, itching, pain Select one: True False

9. The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) marker labels foreign cells as foreign. Select one: True False

10. Viruses replicate by using the iron in the bloodstream to self-replicate. Select one: True False

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Answer #1

5. antigens (the name is derived from ANTIbody GENerator)

6. True, Both spleen and liver does and also bind with zinc. This period of fever is called as "stadium".

7. True, enzymes (proteins) work at a certain pH and temperature, if it exceeds to a certain limit, proteins become denatured and damage is irreversible.

8. False, rednees, heating, swelling and pain are the symptoms of inflammation bbut not itching.

9. False. MHC marks the cells as "self" and not "foreign" entity, which is found in lymphocytes.

10. False, Viruses use nucliec molecular mechanism to replicate, not iron.

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