Statistics for Immunity to infection

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
To the nearest 10 roughly what percent of human genes are involved in immunity?	10%	73%
The immune system is generally split into two systems, which of the systems is highly specific to each pathogen?	Adaptive	60%
Raised C reactive protein and fibrinogen levels in blood can be used to dispaly that what is present?	Infection	53%
What type of pathogens are those which rarely cause disease unless the hosts defences are weakened?	Opportunistic	53%
There are three types of granulocyte basophil, neutrophil and what third?	Eosinophil	40%
R? Vasodilation/increased blood flow	Rubor/redness	33%
T? Increased exudate	Tumor/swelling	33%
Localised acute inflammation is classically as displaying five key things the initials of which are. C? from increased blood flow	Calor/heat	27%
D? Due to bradykinin secretion in the area	Dolor/pain	27%
What is the one type of cell to come from the common lymphoid precursor to not be part of the adaptive immune system?	NK cell	27%
Neutrophils are very short lived partially as they use their DNA in neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) to phagocytose microorganism, what is the common term for how this is seen in infection?	Pus	27%
What is the name given to microorganisms that are normally found on us, and may be beneficial?	Commensal	20%
What is the name given to the process in which leukocytes are generated in the bone marrow	Haematopoiesis	13%
What is the name of liver macrophages	Kupffer cells	13%
LoF? Combination of reasons	Loss of function	13%