3/31- Specific Defenses (Exam 3) Flashcards
What is inborn immunity?
Genetically determined and present at birth
Automatically defending you from specific things at birth
No previous exposure needed
What is acquired immunity?
Not present at birth
Requires exposure
2 forms
1) active
2) passive
What is active acquired immunity?
Your body is creating the defense to go after a particular threat
What is passive acquired immunity?
Defense is being passively presented to body from outside source
Taking antibodies from outside source and introducing them to a person that is either sick or in danger of getting sick
What is natural active acquired immunity?
Classic kind
Naturally occurs in the course of events
Body creates defense for particular infection
What is induced active acquired immunity?
Artificial in nature
Inducing your system to do something
Introducing infection in a weaker or dead form to body to provoke it to make a defense
Vaccines
What is natural passive acquired immunity?
Natural occurrence in childhood
Antibodies passing between mother and child in womb through placenta
Child born with maternal antibodies giving a temporary defense
Nursing also gives antibodies through breast milk
What is induced passive acquired immunity?
Artificial medical procedure
Introducing antibodies medically
What is gamma globulin treatment/ injection?
Giving patients antibodies
Ex: anti rabies antibody
What are 4 general properties of specific defenses?
1) specificity
2) versatility
3) memory
4) tolerance
What is specificity?
Defense is specific
Goes after one specific thing
What is versatility?
Body will be able to make a defense for anything
What is memory?
Immune system remembers past invaders
What is tolerance?
To ignore your own chemical signatures
How do specific defenses be?
Shape of receptors in cell membrane match certain chemicals
To attack an invader receptor shape and invader shape have to match exactly
You were introduced to your chemical signatures at birth
