While studying the antibody?antigen response, the nurse realizes that an antibody can receive different types of antigens to protect the body from illness and disease. The body's ability to conform to the different antigens is considered:
1. Humoral immunity.
2. Cell-mediated immunity.
3. Immune tolerance.
4. Natural immunity.
Humoral immunity.
Rationale: Humoral immunity is a mechanism where antibodies bind to antigens to immobilize or destroy them. Cell-mediated immunity is where the T white blood cells are stimulated to decrease the immune response. Immune tolerance is the immune system's ability to tolerate self antigens while retaining the ability to respond to non-self antigens. Natural immunity is the term used to describe the cells, organs, and secretions of the body that provide protection from foreign particles or other non-self invaders.
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