In an Autoimmune Disease, What Is Targeted by the Autoantibodies

question 35

Multiple Choice

In an autoimmune disease, what is targeted by the autoantibodies?

• A) Foreign substances
• B) Tissues and organs of the body
• C) Viruses
• D) Bacteria
• E) Macrophages

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Definitions:

Ecological Niche

The role and position a species has in its environment, including all its interactions with the biotic and abiotic factors.

Biological Community

A group of interacting species living together in the same habitat and influencing each other's distribution and abundance.

Abiotic Environment

The non-living chemical and physical components of an environment, such as temperature, light, and mineral nutrients, which affect living organisms.

Abiotic

Referring to non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment which affect ecosystems.