While looking at a sample of blood in a microscope, you see a purple-stained cell that is markedly larger than a red blood cell (about two to three times larger).

It has a large kidney-shaped nucleus.

What type of blood cell is this?

It explains that the primary immune response produces antibodies within five to ten days of exposure to antigens, while the secondary immune response produces antibodies within a day or two of subsequent exposure to the same antigen.
This is because the primary immune response involves the activation and differentiation of naive B cells into plasma cells and memory cells, while the secondary immune response involves the rapid activation of memory cells into plasma cells.
Choice A is wrong because the primary and secondary immune responses can occur in both children and adults.
Choice B is wrong because the primary immune response is slower than the secondary immune response in producing antibodies.
Choice D is wrong because both primary and secondary immune responses are important for the body’s ability to protect itself from pathogens.
The primary immune response generates immunological memory, while the secondary immune response provides a faster and stronger response to repeated infections.

This is because erythroblastosis fetalis, also known as hemolytic disease of the newborn, is caused by Rh incompatibility between the mother and the fetus.
Rh incompatibility occurs when a Rh-negative mother is impregnated by a Rh-positive father, resulting in a Rh-positive fetus.
The mother’s immune system can detect the Rh factor on the fetus’s red blood cells as foreign and produce antibodies against them.
These antibodies can cross the placenta and destroy the fetus’s red blood cells, causing anemia, jaundice, edema, and other complications.
Choice A is wrong because a second Rh-negative fetus developing in an Rh-negative woman will not cause erythroblastosis fetalis.
The mother and the fetus have the same Rh factor, so there is no immune reaction.
Choice C is wrong because a first Rh-positive fetus developing in an Rh-negative woman will not cause erythroblastosis fetalis.
The mother’s immune system will not produce antibodies against the Rh factor until after the first exposure to it, which usually happens during delivery.
Therefore, the first pregnancy is usually unaffected.
Choice D is wrong because a first Rh-negative fetus developing in an Rh-negative woman will not cause erythroblastosis fetalis.
The mother and the fetus have the same Rh factor, so there is no immune reaction.

The normal range of red blood cell count for newborns is 4.1 to 6.1 million cells per microliter of blood.
The normal range of bilirubin level for newborns is 0.3 to 1.9 milligrams per deciliter of blood.