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==<font color="purple">Immunoglobulins Structure and Function</font>==
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|<big>'''Question?'''
|<big>'''What are immunoglobulins also known as?'''
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*'''''Answer'''''
*'''''Antibodies'''''
||[[Innate Immune System - WikiBlood#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How many domains does the heavy chain have?'''
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*'''''1 variable domain'''''
*'''''3 or 4 constant domains'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How many domains does the light chain have?'''
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*'''''1 variable domain'''''
*'''''1 constant domain'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are hypervariable domains?'''
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*'''''Folded pockets of the variable domain into which antibody can bind'''''
*'''''Different antibodies have different amino acid sequences within the three varibale domains'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What does Fab stand for and from which chain is it generated?'''
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*'''''Fragment associated with antigen binding'''''
*'''''Light chain'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What does Fc stand for and from which chain is it generated?'''
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*'''''Constant fragment'''''
*'''''Heavy chain'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What does the Fc fragment do?'''
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*'''''Mediates phagocytosis'''''
*'''''Triggers inflammation'''''
*'''''Targets Ig to certain tissues'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are the four major effects of antibodies?'''
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*'''''Blockage and agglutination'''''
*'''''Promotion of phagocytosis'''''
*'''''Degranulation of mast cells/eosinophils'''''
*'''''Complement Fixation'''''
||[[Immunoglobulins - WikiBlood#Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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