McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center Test<BLURT>

McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center Test


1. Review the animation and answer the following questions.

All of the following are true of fever EXCEPT

A. it is a nonspecific response to infection.
B. bacterial infection can cause fever.
C. it is only in response to viral infections.
D. it is any temperature above the normal for an individual.


2. Lymphocytes signal the brain to mount a fever A. multiplying in numbers.
B. secreting lymphokines.
C. secreting interferons.
D. secreting pyrogens.


3. Fever is effective because higher temperature will A. kill viral-infected cells.
B. cause the bacteria to multiply faster so that they die due to their own waste products.
C. stimulate some of the processes of the immune response.
D. cause the release of more pyrogens.
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