Identify the precautions and concerns that are required in order to do a tissue transplant.

What will be an ideal response?


Ideally the donor and recipient MHC antigens will be a perfect or near perfect match allowing the recipient to accept the donated tissue. Since it is very difficult to find a donor with the identical MHC match then immunosuppressive drugs can be administered to help decrease the potential for rejection.

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The electrical stimulus for each human heartbeat begins in the ____ at the _____ node.

A. right atrium, sinoatrial. B. left atrium, sinoatrial. C. right atrium, atrioventricular. D. right ventricle, atrioventricular. E. pulmonary trunk, sinoatrial.

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Which of the following is true regarding

Trichomonas vaginalis? a. It is a parasite. b. It infects the reproductive tract. c. It uses fermentation to produce ATP. d. Untreated infections damage the urinary and reproductive tracts. e. All of these are true.

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Variation in environmental conditions within a community is referred to as environmental ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Cyanobacteria live in aquatic environments and are photosynthetic. The aquatic environment is their ________ and their role as a primary producer is their ________.

A. host; function B. habitat; purpose C. habitat; niche D. niche; habitat

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