Antibody Function

Question 1

What are antibodies?

Answer 1

• They do not destroy pathogens.
• They simply make the process of phagocytosis faster and more efficient
• they also destroy the toxins produced by antitoxins

Question 2

What are opsonins?

Answer 2

• Chemicals that bind to and tag foreign cells, making them easily recognizable to phagocytes

Question 3

What are aggultinins?

Answer 3

• Causing pathogens carrying antigen-antibody complexes to clump together.
• helps prevent them spreading through the body and makes it easier for phagocytes to engulf a number of pathogens at the same time

Question 4

What are antitoxins?

Answer 4

• Binding to the toxins produced by pathogens and making them harmless.