After teaching a class about humoral and cellular immunity, the nurse recognizes that the teaching was not successful if the class states which of the following?
A) Humoral immunity crosses the placenta.
B) Cellular immunity involves the T lymphocytes.
C) Cellular immunity recognizes antigens.
D) Humoral immunity does not destroy the foreign cell.
C
Response:
Humoral immunity recognizes antigens and cellular immunity does not. Humoral immunity crosses the placenta in the form of IgG. Cellular immunity involves the action of T lymphocytes, and humoral immunity does not destroy the foreign cell.
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