General Immune System A&P
Any of these natural physical barriers prevent microbes and foreign substances from entering the body.
What is skin, mucous membranes, tears, saliva, urine, cilia?
These cells originating from myeloid stem cells are also known as red blood cells and carry oxygen throughout the body
What are erythrocytes?
This type of precautions should be used on everyone; use masks, eye protection, gowns and/or face shields may be required when care might cause splashing or spraying of body fluids
What is Standard Precautions?
All people who have AIDS, do not have HIV.
What is false
The ability to prevent and overcome microorganisms and pathogens
What is immunity?
Organ located in the upper right quadrant. Responsible for removal of damaged, weak, or old blood red cells and filtering pathogens.
What is the Spleen?
These cells are important in clotting when the body has an injury or blood vessel damage; the normal range is 150,000-400,000/mm3
What are platelets?
Patients with Tuberculosis require this type of isolation that requires a negative pressure airflow private room, HCP must use N-95 masks and the patient must use masks if they travel outside the room.
What is airborne isolation?
Your client with AIDS and no functioning immune system will not survive due to opportunistic infections.
What is true?
This spongy tissue in osteo- system produces all blood cells
What is bone marrow?
This fluid is circulated throughout the body via vessels located near the blood vessels and capillaries, removing what is left over after plasma has delivered nutrients to the cells.
What is lymph?
T-cell circulation in the older adult client increases. True or False?
What is False?
Your patient who requires a protective environment due to neutropenia or an immunocompromised state, should be monitored closely for
What are signs of infection?
Your client presents with hypertension, tachycardia, joint and muscle pain, photosensitivity and "butterfly" rash across the face.
What is SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)?
Administration of immune globulins following a snake bite
What is passive artificial immunity?
Stem cells differentiate into these two type of cells.
What are myeloid stem cells and lymphoid stem cells?
Killer T-cells, helper T-cells, suppressor T-cells, and Memory T-"cells," create this type of delayed immune response
What is cell-mediated (or cellular) immunity?
It is ok to place 2 patients with the same type of infectious disease (who are on droplet precautions) in the same room.
What is true?
The presence of Reed-Stenberg cells in this blood cancer indicates that it is:
What is Hodgkin's lymphoma?
This response in your body causes swelling, warmth, redness, and pain.
What is the inflammatory response?
This lymphoid tissue found in the ileum portion of the small intestine helps to defend against ingested pathogens.
What are Peyer patches?
These two types of cells originating from myeloid stem cells are part of the body's allergic response; one also binds IgE and releases histamine in anaphylaxis.
What are basophils and eosinophils?
The best way to ensure your hand are completely free of pathogens is with an alcohol based hand rub or hand sanitizer.
What is false?
This occurs when an obstruction to a lymph vessel/nodes caused by trauma usually following a mastectomy; characterized by the accumulation of large amounts of fluid and swelling.
What is (acquired) lymphedema?
If a condition is caused by a medical treatment
What is iatrogenic?