Week 4 Post

Overview

This is a 2 PART QUESTION

PART 1

For the Week 4 discussion forum, you will answer the following questions using your critical thinking and reasoning skills:

50 Words or more

All citations provided are formatted in the APA style with no errors.

All posts conveyed a clear understanding of the forum's primary topic indicated by correct use of terminology, valid reasoning, and/or evidence to substantiate claims and/or opinions. All posts were at least 50 words in length

1. In treating a woman for malignancy in the left breast, the surgeon removes some of her axillary lymph nodes. Following surgery, the patient experiences edema of her left arm. Explain why.
2. Anti-B antibodies of a type-A mother rarely affects the RBCs of a type B fetus. Yet anti-D antibodies of an Rh– woman sometimes cross the placenta and hemolyze the RBCs of an Rh+ fetus. Explain this difference based on your knowledge of the five immunoglobulin classes.
3. How does the structure of a B cell differ from that of a plasma cell? Explain how their structural difference relates to their functional difference.

Part 2

Reply to 2 students post with 50 or more words each post.

Part 2 will be posted in the comments after part 1. I cannot access part 2 until i respond to part 1.