The property of a test to detect even small amounts of antibodies or antigens that are test targets is _________ , while the property of a test to detect only a certain antibody or antigen and not to react with any others is __________ .

In multiple sclerosis (or “MS”), autoantibodies attack 

You place an inoculum of a bacterium on a glass slide and add a drop of hydrogen peroxide reagent.  Promptly you see bubbles appear, indicating the presence of a particular enzyme (catalase) that the bacterium produces.  What type of identification test is this an example of? 


Which is INCORRECT about the Fc region of an antibody (or immunoglobulin)?

The four classic signs and symptoms of inflammation include all of the following EXCEPT:

Lymphocytes 

Match each term with the best definition

Summarize the three major lines of host defenses against microorganisms in humans.

The results in the table above were obtained from a Kirby-Bauer disk-diffusion test for microbial susceptibility to antibiotics.  Escherichia coli was the test organism. In the table above, the most effective antibiotic tested was probably:

Lymphocytes