A 20-year-old male received a knife wound to the arm during an altercation. Which of the fol-lowing types of immunity was compromised?
a. Innate immunity
b. Inflammatory response
c. Adaptive immunity
d. Specific immunity
ANS: A
The epithelial cells of the skin are a part of innate immunity. The inflammatory response is not a type of immunity. Adaptive immunity is represented by the normal flora of the bowel. Specific immunity is a type of adaptive immunity and is not associated with a break in skin integrity.
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