Question I. Ásvør, a 21-year-old lion tamer, stepped on a piece of glass, which

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Question I. Ásvør, a 21-year-old lion tamer, stepped on a piece of glass, which partially cut through the long plantar ligament of her right foot on April 1, 2015. But luckily, her well-functioning nonimmunocompromised immune system was able to eliminate all of her wound-contaminating bacteria – the last one of them being killed on April 21, 2015. Which of the 5 below-named entities were likely to participate in this bacteria-elimination process? Assess the following statements (1-5) as either factually correct (= “true”) or incorrect (= “false”) based on whether they describe an entity which was likely to participate in the bacteria-elimination process in the given scenario (= “true”), or unlikely to participate in the bacteria-elimination process in the given scenario (= “false”)]:

1. Neurons

2. Hepatocytes

3. Low pH in stomach

4. Normal gut flora

5. Normal skin flora

Explanation / Answer

Neurons have no role in elimination of bacteria.

All the other options given above i.e; Hepatocytes, Low pH in stomach, Normal gut flora, Normal skin flora play important role in non specific immune response. they prevent infection by creating unfavourable environment to the infectious bacteria. Hepatocytes are involved in producing complement proteins which play a very important role in bacterial killing.

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