A Nurse Is Reviewing the Immune System with a Group

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse is reviewing the immune system with a group of nursing students. One student asks about the difference between cell-mediated immunity and humoral immunity. What does the nurse reply?

• A) "Humoral immunity does not involve helper T cells in the immune response."
• B) "Humoral immunity does not have a role in hypersensitivity reactions."
• C) "Humoral immunity requires cytolytic T cells that attack antigens directly."
• D) "Humoral immunity uses cells produced by B lymphocytes in the immune response."

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