QUESTION 9 points VSaved 0 Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following passage

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QUESTION 9 points VSaved 0 Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following passage. when a virgin lymphocyte recognizes a specific the encounter stimulates the lymphocyte to divide. Then its descendents divide, and so on on population The population that identical to the first, "parent lymphocyte. Next, subgroups of the newly formed cells become specialized to to the foreign agent in different ways. Some groups become effector oells- lymphocytes that are immediately available engage and the enemy. Other become memory cells. These cells enter a resting phase. Instead of attacking agent that triggered the initial response, memory cells "remember" it. If the same of agent appears again, they will join a more response to it.

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Option B cannot be answered from the passage.

Lymphocytes must be able to differentiate between self and non self antigens. Immune reactions against self antigens can result in damage to our own body and is called autoimmunity.

Option A cannot be answered as well. A virgin lymphcyte is the lymphocyte which is newly synthesized in the bone marrow and matured in the bone marrow or thymus. Virgin lymphocytes are the ones which never came in contact with a foreign antigen

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