03/02 Flashcards
B lymph cells have binding sites for
Particular antigens
When do B lymph cells get activated?
When their receptor for an antigen gets “paired to”
What happens when an antigen pairs to a B lymph cell?
It is triggered to perform clonal proliferation
Proliferated B lymph cells divide into
- Memory cells
- Plasma cells
Plasma cells are responsible for
Secreting antibodies
What happens in the Antigen-Antibody Complex?
An antibody recognizes antigen and helps body fight / engulf pathogen
Antibodies function to help body fight pathogens and may cause for
Cell lysis, inflammation, and phagocytosis
What happens when one gets a vaccine?
A weakened, killed, or fragment of a pathogen gets injected with body creating antibodies to fight
What is antibiotic resistance?
Antibodies evolve in a way in which they don’t respond anymore
Humoral Immunity can be acquired
Actively or passively
