Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of adaptive immunity?

A. Acquired throughout your lifetime
B. You are born with it.
C. It has specificity.
D. It has memory.


Answer: B

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A. evolutionary B. comparative C. holistic D. inductive E. reductionist

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A. proprioceptors; increase B. chemoreceptors; increase C. baroreceptors; increase D. baroreceptors; decrease E. proprioceptors; decrease

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Which of the following combining forms means thirst?

A. cortic/o B. crin/o C. dips/o D. aden/o

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