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Each organism that invades your body (viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins, pollen etc) has a single antibody made that is specific to that particular epitope. This is why vaccines sometimes are only partially effective or do not work at all.

In your opinion what was the single biggest thing I opted not to include on this exam (no answer is worth 0 points)?

Why is type O negative blood considered the universal blood donor and type AB positive considered the universal blood recipient.  (you must use the words glycoprotein, agglutinin and agglutinogen where appropriate to receive full credit AND discuss both O and AB blood types). (to avoid any possible confusion/wasted effort- (I know it perplexed me) most transfusions are NOT whole blood but instead just the erythrocytes so material ins the plasma is less significant- so don’t explain that to me).

Of the 6 hormones of the anterior pituitary, only [hormone_1] and [hormone_2] have non-endocrine targets.

I’ve had a few students mention that they thought the exams would be more detail oriented. Would you get more from the course if more detailed questions were asked (answer Yes or No)(there is no wrong answer for this questions but you must answer)?

Inflammation plays an important role in the immune response. Please list 4 indications of inflammation and specifically what the inflammation does to aid in healing.

Which statement about veins is untrue?

Match the innate blood-borne leukocyte with the most appropriate description

The renal corpuscle is the location where ____________________ occurs.

When the ____ senses low blood oxygen content, hormones are released to stimulate the red marrow to produce more erythrocytes.