An elderly adult cannot receive vaccinations because their thymus has stopped functioning and the thymus is necessary for antibody production by a vaccine due to the production of T helper 1 cells.

Which lymphatic organ is important in both the lymphatic/immune systems at activating immune cells AND plays an important role in the cardiovascular system with red blood cell destruction?

Which of the following is INCORRECT about immune cells?

Todd has a twin brother name Tony.  He also has a younger sister, Tabitha. Todd needed a kidney transplant and his brother Tony was a match.  This is an example of a _____________ transplant.

A drug designed to stimulate the immune system of immunocompromised patients, called Slayer, works by increasing the production of CD4+ T cells. If the immune system becomes activated by an infection while the patient is taking Slaughter, what immune cells would be produced?

As demonstrated by Mendel’s dihybrid crosses with pea plants, a cross between two individual plants who are heterozygous for two unrelated genes results in offspring with how many different possible phenotypes? Enter a numerical answer.

The EGF gene is the epidermal growth factor gene. EGF has protein kinase activity in the plasma membrane of cells and is involved in angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels). Angiogenesis describes which of the following gene ontology classes: 

Data concerning LLX Corporation’s single product appear below: Selling price per unit $210.00 Variable expense per unit $96.50 Fixed expense per month $444,990 The unit sales to attain the company’s monthly target profit of $29,000 is closest to: (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Which of the following is the correct formula to compute the predetermined overhead rate?

LLX Corporation has two production departments, Casting and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Casting Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates:   Casting Customizing Machine-hours 26,000 24,000 Direct labor-hours 15,000 10,000 Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 140,400 $ 41,000 Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.80   Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour   $ 4.60 The estimated total manufacturing overhead for the Customizing Department is closest to: