Jenner's successful use of cowpox virus as a vaccine against the smallpox virus was due to the fact that _____

A) the immune system responds nonspecifically to antigens
B) the cowpox virus made antibodies in response to the presence of smallpox
C) there are some epitopes (antigenic determinants) common to both pox viruses
D) cowpox and smallpox are caused by the same virus


C

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The axon branches of a typical neuron terminate at structures called

A) synapses. B) boutons. C) glia. D) nodes of Ranvier. E) myelin sheath.

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