Atherosclerosis is caused by

You are working in the hospital and a patient is brought in experiencing “a severe over-reaction by the complement system.” You don’t have time to diagnose which pathway is being inappropriately activated, but you are wearing a fanny pack full of drugs that can specifically inhibit individual molecules involved in the complement cascade. Quick, which drug will you administer to the patient and why (5 points)? (In other words, which molecule in the complement cascade(s) will you try to inhibit and why!) 

True or false: The aortic valve prevents backflow of blood from the aorta to the left ventricle?

T cells undergo further maturation in the ________ gland.

Most fish use ________ as a means of reproduction.

All the following are important elements that comprise cell-mediated immunity EXCEPT

According to the World Health Organization recommendations, when should clinicians start treating HIV-infected patients with antiretroviral therapy?

Eggs first develop in a woman

Which of the following is not a mechanism of heat transfer?

Female production of offspring from unfertilized eggs is called