Home
Class 12
BIOLOGY
For an organ transplant, it is an advant...

For an organ transplant, it is an advantage to have an identical twin.

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Organ Transplantation**: Organ transplantation involves taking an organ from one individual (the donor) and placing it into another individual (the recipient). The success of this procedure largely depends on the compatibility of the donor organ with the recipient's immune system. 2. **Role of the Immune System**: The immune system is designed to protect the body from foreign substances, including transplanted organs. When a foreign organ is introduced into the body, the immune system identifies it by the antigens present on the organ's surface. 3. **Antigen Matching**: If the antigens on the transplanted organ match those of the recipient, the immune system recognizes the organ as "self," leading to successful integration. However, if the antigens do not match, the immune system perceives the organ as foreign and initiates a rejection response. ...
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • EVOLUTION

    NCERT EXEMPLAR ENGLISH|Exercise Long answer type Questions|7 Videos
  • HUMAN REPRODUCTION

    NCERT EXEMPLAR ENGLISH|Exercise LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS|5 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Oldest human transplant is

What is the advantage of having the earth wire?

A youth in his twenties met with an accident and succumbed to the injuries. His parents agreed to donate his organs. List any two essential clinical steps to be undertaken before any organ transplant. Why is the transplant rejected sometimes ? What views would you share with your health club members to promote organ donation ?

Monozygotic twins.

How organic farming is more advantages than conventional farming. Write a short note.

Organ transplant rejection may be prevented using:

Assertion : An organ transplant patient if not provided with cyclosporin A may reject the transplanted organ. Reason : Cycosporin A inhibits activation of T-cells and interferes with destruction of non-self cells.

Why are no two individuals identical except the identical twins?

In tissue typing for organ transplant what is matched is

Define embryo transplantation

NCERT EXEMPLAR ENGLISH-HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASES-All Questions
  1. Why cannabinoids are banned in sports and games ?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. What is secondary metabolism ?

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Drugs and alcohol give short-term 'high' and long-term 'damages'.

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Diseases like dysentery, cholera, typhoid, etc., are more common in ov...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. From which plant cannabiniods are obtained? Name any two cannabinoids....

    Text Solution

    |

  6. In the metropolitan cities of India , many children are suffering from...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What is the basic principle of vaccination ? How do vaccines prevent m...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What is cancer? How is a cancer cell different from the normal cell ? ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A person shows strong unusual hypersensitive reactions when exposed to...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. For an organ transplant, it is an advantage to have an identical twin.

    Text Solution

    |

  11. What are lifestyle diseases ? How are they caused ? Name any two such ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. If there are two pathogenic viruses, one with DNA and other with RNA, ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Represent schematically the life cycle of a malarial parasite.

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Compare the life style of people living in the urban areas with those ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. In your view what motivates youngsters to take to alcohol or drugs and...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. In your locality, if a person is addicted to alcohol, what kind of beh...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. What are the methods of cancer detection? Describe the common approach...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Drugs like LSD, barbiturates, amphetamines, etc., are used as medicine...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. What is pulse polio programme of Government of India? What is OPV? W...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What are recombinant DNA vaccines? Give two examples of such vaccines....

    Text Solution

    |