Chapter 24- The Immune System

Textbook of Basic Nursing (Lippincott's Practical Nursing) Tenth Edition by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski

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Chapter 24- The Immune System

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. The nurse assists and educates clients about the structure and function of the immune system. Cells in the bone marrow are capable of developing into different types of blood cells. Based on this information, what cells should the nurse tell a group of nursing students are considered the “cornerstone” of the immune system and alone have the ability to recognize foreign substances in the body?
  A) Erythrocytes
  B) Leukocytes
  C) Lymphocytes
  D) Thrombocytes

 

 

2. The nurse assists and educates clients about the structure and function of the immune system. Cells in the bone marrow are capable of developing into different types of blood cells. White blood cells defend the body against disease organisms, toxins, and irritants. Which white blood cells should the nurse tell the nursing students are agranular?

1.     Neutrophils

2.     Basophils

3.     Eosinophils

4.     Monocytes

5.     Lymphocytes

  A) 1, 2
  B) 2, 3
  C) 3, 4
  D) 4, 5

 

 

3. The nurse assists and educates clients about the structure and function of the immune system. Both B cells and T cells derive from stem cells in the bone marrow. Based on this information, what is the best information for the nurse to provide the client on the function of B lymphocytes?

1.     Help protect against viral infections

2.     Can detect and destroy some cancer cells

3.     Develop into cells that produce antibodies

4.     Provide humoral immunity

  A) 1, 2
  B) 1, 3
  C) 2, 4
  D) 3, 4

 

 

4. The nurse assists and educates clients about the structure and function of the immune system. Both B cells and T cells derive from stem cells in the bone marrow. Based on this information, what is the best information for the nurse to provide the client on the function of T lymphocytes?

1.     Help protect against viral infections

2.     Can detect and destroy some cancer cells

3.     Develop into cells that produce antibodies

4.     Provide humoral immunity

  A) 1, 2
  B) 1, 3
  C) 2, 4
  D) 3, 4

 

 

5. A nurse is caring for a client who has undergone organ transplant surgery. The client asks the nurse what antibodies are. What is the best response by the nurse to the client about antibodies?
  A) Body’s ability to recognize and destroy specific pathogens
  B) Body’s ability to prevent infectious diseases
  C) Any foreign substance or molecule entering the body that stimulates an immune response
  D) A protein substance that the body produces in response to an antigen

Answer Key

 

1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. D

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