Serum Sickness and the Arthus Reaction Are Both Type III

question 45

Multiple Choice

Serum sickness and the Arthus reaction are both type III hypersensitivities, but they differ in that _______.

• A) serum sickness is vomiting and diarrhea in response to animal serum, whereas the Arthus reaction causes arthritis
• B) serum sickness is an infection in the blood serum, whereas the Arthus reaction is a swelling in the joints
• C) serum sickness is a localized reaction to an injected therapy, whereas the Arthus reaction is systemic
• D) serum sickness is a systemic reaction to an injected therapy, whereas the Arthus reaction remains localized to the injection site

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

A technique in cost accounting that incorporates all costs of production, including fixed and variable, into the valuation of inventory and cost of goods sold.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs as product costs, treating fixed manufacturing overhead as an expense of the period in which it is incurred.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost associated with producing a single unit of a product, including direct materials, direct labor, and allocated overhead.

Absorption Costing

A method of inventory costing that includes all manufacturing costs, both variable and fixed, in the cost of a finished product.