Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

8 Immune Response, Hypersensitivity, and Autoimmune Disorders

1. What is the immune system?
2. What are the 2 steps in the immune response?
3. Table 8-2: List and give 1 example of the forms of acquired immunity.
4. What organs comprise the components of the immune system?
5. What are monocytes? Who are the “big guys” that develop from monocytes?
6. What is a lymphocyte?
7. What is a T cell?
8. What is a B cell?
9. What organs are currently being transplanted?
10. What is an allograft? What is it’s other name?
11. What is immunosuppression?
12. What is an autoimmune disorder?
13. What are autoantibodies?
14. Table 8-5: we will be looking at these throughout the term. Start getting familiar with/learning them. Nothing further for this chapter. 
15. Table 8-6: again, we will be looking at these throughout the term and the program. This chart looks at factors for your future treatment sessions involving these patients.
16. What is SLE? What is its pathophysiology?
17. What is scleroderma?
18. What is rheumatoid arthritis (RA).