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Lymph contains red blood cells.

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B) False

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HIV can be transmitted

A) during birth.
B) via sexual contact.
C) in infected blood.
D) All of the choices are correct.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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AIDS patients are often subject to opportunistic infections.

The HIV virus is transmissible by mosquitos.

Lymph cells,or lymphocytes,produce specialized proteins that help fight disease,known as antibodies.

The two types of acquired active immunity are humoral immunity,or immunity provided by the action of T cells,and cell-mediated immunity,or immunity provided by plasma cells.

Anaphylactic reactions can be fatal.

Select the combining form that best matches the definition gland.

Hodgkin's lymphoma is caused by the HIV virus.

Suppressor cells suppress other immune cells and T cells.

Humoral immunity is provided by plasma cells.

In automimmune diseases,the body attacks its own healthy tissue.

A protein that is produced by T cells and other cells and that destroys disease-causing cells with its antiviral properties is called interferon.

Lymph nodes are located throughout the body except in the respiratory system.

Select the combining form that best matches the definition immunity.

Lymph nodes both produce lymph cells and filter harmful substances from the tissues.

An immune system overresponse to a stimulus is called an allergy.

An organ of the lymph system is the

Select the combining form that best matches the definition spleen.

The lymphatic system is very similar to the blood system in that it transports various substances around the body.