A nurse is asked to describe the meaning of adaptive immunity. Which response by the nurse is best?
1. Each individual T or B cell recognizes only one specific antigen.
2. Effectiveness of immune response changes with the age of the person.
3. It reacts to many different antigens, providing a nonspecific response.
4. Immune cells atrophy or hypertrophy, depending on how much they are needed.
Ans: 1. Each individual T or B cell recognizes only one specific antigen.
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