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Blood and Lymphatic System Flashcards

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Blood Volume

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5-6L (Males) and 4-5L (Female) 250-350ml (Newborn

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Viscosity

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3.5-4.5x thicker

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Color

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scarlet (oxygen rich) to dull red or purple (oxygen poor)

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pH

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7.35-7.45 (average of 7.40)

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Specific gravity

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whole blood 1.045-1.066
serum 1.024-1.028
plasma 1.025-1.029

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venous blood

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7.35 / arterial blood 7.45

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FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD

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  • Respiratory
  • Nutritional
  • Excretory
  • Buffering action
  • Maintenance of constant body temperature
  • Transportation of hormones and other endocrine
    secretion that regulates cell function
  • Body defense mechanism
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HEMATOPOIESIS

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  • Blood cell formation
  • Occurs in red bone marrow
  • All blood cells are derived from a common stem cell
    (hemocytoblast)
  • Hemocytoblast differentiation
  • Lymphoid stem cell produces lymphocytes
  • Myeloid stem cell produces other formed elements
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(EPO)

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Erythropoietin

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(TPO)

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Thrombopoietin

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(G-CSF)

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Granulocyte CSF

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(GM-CSF)

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Granulocyte-macrophage CSF

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Salmon colored biconcave disk; anucleate ; literally, sacs of hemoglobin; most organelles have been ejected

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Erythrocytes

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White blood cells or WBCs

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Leukocytes

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Cytoplasm stain pale pink and contains fine granules, which are difficult to see; deep purple nucleus consist of three to seven lobes connected y thin strands of nucleoplasm

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Neutrophils

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Red coarse cytoplasmic granules; figure-8 or bilobed nucleus stains blue-red

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Eosinophils

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Cytoplasm has a few large blue- purple granules; U- or S- shaped nucleus with constrictions, stains dark blue

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Basophils

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Cytoplasm pale blue and appears as thin rim around nucleus; spherical dark purple- blue nucleus

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Lymphocytes

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Abundant gray-blue cytoplasm; dark blue-purple nucleus often kidney shaped

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Monocytes

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Essentially irregular shaped cell fragments; stain deep purple

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Platelets

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The main function is to carry oxygen
* Biconcave disks
* Essentially bags of hemoglobin
* Anucleate (no nucleus)

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ERYTHROCYTES (RED BLOOD CELLS)

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  • Iron-containing protein
  • Binds strongly, but reversibly, to oxygen
  • Each hemoglobin molecule has four oxygen binding sites
  • Each erythrocyte has 250 million hemoglobin molecules
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Hemoglobin

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respond to a lower than normal oxygen concentration in the blood by releasing the hormone erythropoietin.

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Kidneys

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travels to the red bone marrow and stimulates an increase in the production of red blood
cells (RBCs).

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Erythropoietin

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manufactures RBCs from stem cells that live inside the marrow.

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The red bone marrow

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squeeze through blood vessel membranes to
enter the circulation

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RBCs

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work to supply continuous movement and oxygenation of RBCs.

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heart and lungs

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destroyed primarily by the spleen.

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Damaged or old RBCs

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is to respond rapidly to microbial invasion to kill the
invaders (phagocytosis)

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neutrophils

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  • Cytoplasmic fragments of megakaryocytes
  • Important in HEMOSTASIS
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PLATELETS

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Series of complex processes by which the body spontaneously stops bleeding and maintains blood on its fluid state within the blood vessel compartment.

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HEMOSTASIS

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oxygen carrying capacity of blood is reduced

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Anemia

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Inability to successfully eliminate foreign substances

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Qualitative

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  • Leukocytosis
  • Leukopenia
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Quantitative

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A. Thrombocytopenia
B. Thrombocytosis

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Platelet Disorders

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A. Hemophilia
B. Thrombophilia

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Coagulation Disorders

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LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Two parts

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  • Lymphatic vessels
  • Lymphoid tissues and organs
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Lymphatic system functions

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  • Transport fluids back to the blood
  • Play essential roles in body defense and resistance to disease
  • Absorb digested fat at the intestinal villi
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39
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excess tissue fluid carried by lymphatic vessels

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Lymph

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  • Site where transport system begins
  • Remarkably permeable
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Lymphatic capillaries

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  • Next area where the lymph flows from the lymphatic
    capillaries
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Lymphatic collecting vessels

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  • Formed by the union of the largest collecting vessels
  • Named mostly from the regions from which they
    collect lymph
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Lymphatic trunks

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drains lymph from

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Right Lymphatic duct

44
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receives lymph from the rest of the body except right side of head, neck, thorax, and upper extremities

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Thoracic duct

45
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collects lymph fluid from 2 lumbar trunks which drains the lower limbs and intestinal trunk that drains digestive organs

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Cisterna chyli

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LYMPH TRANSPORT Maintained by

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  • Skeletal muscle contraction
  • Pressure changes in the thorax
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is prevented by valves

48
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may spread through the body via the lymphatic stream

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Pathogens and cancer cells

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  • Distributed along the lymphatic vessels where lymph is filtered and antibodies are added
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Lymph Nodes

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are strategically located inside for immune response

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Lymphocytes

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has a fibrous capsules

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cortex and medulla

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contains primary follicles of lymphocytes

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medullary cords containing lymphocytes and macrophages with spaces called medullary sinuses

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  • Prominent in newborns and continues to increase in size during childhood
  • Located in the superior mediastinum (in front of great vessels of heart
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densely packed lymphocytes

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fewer lymphocytes

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like structures called Hassall’s/Thymic corpuscles

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  • “graveyard for aged and defective blood cells”
  • Largest lymphoid organ
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  • Small masses of lymphoid tissue around the pharynx (Waldeyer’s Ring)
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located on either side at the posterior end of the oral cavity

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Palatine Tonsil

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posterior wall of the nasopharynx

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Pharyngeal Tonsil

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base of the tongue

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Lingual Tonsil

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  • Acts as a guard to protect respiratory and digestive tracts
  • Tonsils, Peyer’s patches, small accumulations of lymphoid tissue
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MALT (Mucosa Associated Lymphatic Tissue

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  • Large isolated clusters of lymph nodules found in the ileum
  • Macrophages here destroy bacteria, preventing them from reaching the intestinal wall
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Peyer’s Patches or GALT (Gut Associated Lymphatic Tissue)

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  • The ability to resist damage from foreign
    substances
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first and second line of defense

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Non-specific

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third line of defense

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  • Non-specific
  • Natural
  • 1st and 2nd line
  • No memory
  • Cellular: phagocytes, monocytes, Natural Killer (NK) cells, mast cells
  • Humoral: Complement, Cytokines
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  • Specific
  • Acquired
  • 3rd line
  • Has memory
  • Cellular: B cells, T cells, Antigen- Presenting Cells (APCs)
  • Humoral: Antibodies, Complement,
    Cytokines
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-Mucous membrane
-Secretions of Skin and Mucous membrane

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FIRST LINE - Skin

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-Phagocytes
-Antimicrobial proteins
-Inflammatory
response

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SECOND LINE

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-Lymphocytes
-Antibodies

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THIRD LINE

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Prevents spread of injurious agents to adjacent tissues
* Local inflammation: response confined to a specific area

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Inflammatory Response

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Cardinal Signs

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  • Rubor
  • Dolor
  • Calor
  • Tumor
  • Functio Laesa
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distributed throughout the body

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Systemic inflammation

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matures in thymus
* Involved in cell-mediated immunity
* Antigens must be presented by macrophages to an immunocompetent T cell
(antigen presentation)

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stimulate the proliferation of other T cells and of B cells bound to an antigen

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Helper T-cells

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directly attack and destroy infected cells and cancer cells

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Cytotoxic T-cells

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terminate normal immune responses by releasing
suppressor factors

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Suppressor T-cells

80
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matures in the bone marrow
* Involved in humoral immunity
* Matures as plasma cells

81
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when antigens bind to the receptors of B-cells

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Primary immune response

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other clone members become memory B-cells

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Secondary immune response

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what has been introduced to the individual is the antigen

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Active Immunity

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infective agent will gain entry to the body, act as stimulant for antibody formation because the organism acts as antigen.

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Naturally acquired active immunity

85
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when the antigen has been deliberately introduce like injecting vaccines, they act as antigen to stimulate antibody formation.)

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Artificially acquired active immunity

86
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when what has been introduced to the body is already
antibodies

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Passive Immunity

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exhibited by the transfer of antibodies from mother’s placenta to the fetus and transfer of antibodies from breast milk to the baby.

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Naturally acquired passive immunity

88
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injection of artificially prepared substance like immune serum of gamma globulin. These two are antibodies
preparation

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Artificially acquired passive immunity

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  • reacts with antibodies
  • Self antigen or Foreign antigen
90
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  • Proteins (immunoglobulins)
  • Binds to antigens or invaders and kill/inactivate them
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Antibodies

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  • Globulin proteins that react specifically with the antigen that stimulated their production
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Immunoglobulins

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  • produced after exposure to genetically different
    or non-self antigens of the same species
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Alloantibody

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  • produced in response to self antigen
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Autoantibody

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  • Crosses the placenta and weakly activates
    complement system
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IgG: 75% of Ig’s

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  • In serum is a monomer and in secretions is a
    dimer
  • Found in secretions: tears, saliva, colostrum,
    mucus
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IgA: 15% of Ig’s

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  • Largest and exists as a pentamer
  • Most potent activator of complement
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IgM: 7-10% of Ig’s

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  • Exists as a monomer
  • Mediates allergic and parasitic reaction
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IgE: less than 1% of Ig’s

98
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  • Present in the membrane of mature B cells
  • Modulation of immune response
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IgD: less than 1% of Ig’s

99
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Production or function of immune cells or
complement is abnormal

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Immunodeficiencies

100
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AIDS

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

101
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  • The immune system does not distinguish between self
    and nonself
  • The body produces antibodies and sensitized T
    lymphocytes that attack its own tissues
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Autoimmune Diseases

102
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white matter of brain and spinal cord are destroyed

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Multiple sclerosis

103
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impairs communication between nerves and
skeletal muscles

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Myasthenia gravis

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destroys pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin

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Juvenile diabetes

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destroys joints

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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affects kidney, heart, lung and skin

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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