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Symptoms of inflammation include redness, heat, swelling, and pain.  The redness and heat are due to the increased capillary permeability while the swelling and pain is due to vasodilation of the blood vessels.

An elderly adult cannot receive vaccinations because their thymus has stopped functioning and the thymus is necessary for antibody production by a vaccine due to the production of T helper 1 cells.

A drug designed to stimulate the immune system of immunocompromised patients, called Slaughter, works by increasing the production of CD8+ T cells.  If the immune system becomes activated by an infection while the patient is taking Slaughter, what immune cells would be produced?

Which of the following is CORRECT about immune cells?

Which of the following is INCORRECT about immune cells?

A drug designed to stimulate the immune system of immunocompromised patients, called Slayer, works by increasing the production of CD4+ T cells. If the immune system becomes activated by an infection while the patient is taking Slaughter, what immune cells would be produced?

Todd has a twin brother name Tony.  He also has a younger sister, Tabitha. Todd needed a kidney transplant and his brother Tony was a match.  This is an example of a _____________ transplant.

As demonstrated by Mendel’s dihybrid crosses with pea plants, a cross between two individual plants who are heterozygous for two unrelated genes results in offspring with how many different possible phenotypes? Enter a numerical answer.

The EGF gene is the epidermal growth factor gene. EGF has protein kinase activity in the plasma membrane of cells and is involved in angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels). Angiogenesis describes which of the following gene ontology classes: 

LLX Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. The Corporation has provided the following estimated costs for the next year: Direct materials $ 6,000 Direct labor $ 20,000 Rent on factory building $ 18,000 Sales salaries $ 22,000 Depreciation on factory equipment $ 8,000 Indirect labor $ 12,000 Production supervisor’s salary $ 16,000 LLX Corporation estimates that 20,000 direct labor-hours will be worked during the year. The predetermined overhead rate per hour will be: