difference between inflammatory and immune responses?

Question

78. Which of the following describes the main difference between an inflammatory response and an immune response?
a. the inflammatory response responds only to free pathogens in a localized area; the immune response responds only to pathogens that have infected body cells
b. the inflammatory response involves only leukocytes, whereas the immune response involves only lymphocytes
c. the inflammatory response relies on phagocytes to destroy pathogens, whereas the immune response relies on antibodies to destroy pathogens
d. the inflammatory response is nonspecific, whereas the immune response reacts to specific microbes on the basis of their different antigens
e. complement proteins participate in the immune response but not in the inflammatory response

Answer 1

d. is the best answer to a not-so-great question. inflammation is just that - increased vascular permeability, which leads to increased extravasion of white blood cells, increase in local volume, warmth due to blood release from the vessels, and pain. these are all non-specific to the invading pathogen. while this clearly is an immune response, there is not antigen specificity (not T cell or B cell mediated). without inflammation, the body has a tough time mounting an effective antigen-specific immune response.

Answer 2

Inflammatory Immune Response

Answer 3

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difference between inflammatory and immune responses?
78. Which of the following describes the main difference between an inflammatory response and an immune response?
a. the inflammatory response responds only to free pathogens in a localized area; the immune response responds only to pathogens that have infected body cells
b. the inflammatory...

Answer 4

Tough question.

Inflammation causes a general increase in inflammatory markers, such as C-Reactive protein and ferritin, but may also lead to an increase in complement proteins, which may be triggered by associated tissue damage. This rules out E It's not B, since lymphocytes are types of leukocytes, and the immune response relies on lymphocytes producing antibodies which tag antigens, which are then "eaten" by phagocytes. This also rules out C.
A is difficult to rule out, however, inflammation can be generalised, rather than localised.

I would go with D.

Answer 5

Ridiculous question. An inflammatory response is an immune response as far as most are concerned. That is why we differentiate specific and non-specific immune responses. I can't believe they could not find better words to use in the question. D is most correct though.

Answer 6

so I don't get it...what's the question?