Introduction Course to Porcine Immunology

SELF-EVALUATION

 

  1. THE SWINE THYMUS...

A)      IS A SECONDARY ORGAN OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

B)      PRODUCES B LYMPHOCYTES

C)      INVOLUTES FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

D)      NONE OF THE ABOVE IS CORRECT  

  1. CAN YOU REMEMBER THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM? Which of the following is the least appropriate?

A)      SPECIFICITY

B)      MEMORY

C)      DISCERNS ITS OWN COMPONENTS FROM FOREIGN ONES

D)      RAPIDITY  

  1. SWINE LYMPHOID NODULES

A)      THEY ARE THE SAME AS IN OTHER SPECIES

B)      THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN THEIR STRUCTURE, BUT NOT IN THEIR CIRCULATION

C)      THEY ARE DIFFERENT BOTH REGARDING THEIR STRUCTURE AND THEIR    

         CIRCULATION

D)     NONE OF THE ABOVE IS CORRECT  

  1. THE ORGANS OF THE SWINE IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS:

A)      PRIMARY AND SECONDARY 

B)      SECONDARY AND LYMPHOID

C)      MIXED

D)      NONE OF THE ABOVE IS CORRECT    

  1. LYMPHOCYTES IN THE LYMPH NODULES ARE USUALLY LOCATED IN:

A)      DIFFUSED LYMPHOID TISSUE

B)      LYMPH FOLLICLES

C)      BOTH

D)      NONE OF THE ABOVE IS CORRECT    

  1. THE SWINE SPLEEN:

A)      IS A PRIMARY LYMPHOID ORGAN  

B)      IS A SECONDARY LYMPHOID ORGAN

C)      ONLY PRODUCES B LYMPHOCYTES

D)      ONLY PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS

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