Cell Mediated Response

Question 1

What are lymphocytes ?

Answer 1

Cells involved in the specific immune response

Question 2

Where are T cells made and where do they mature

Answer 2

Made in the Bone marrow
Matures in the thyroid

Question 3

Describe the process of the ‘Cell - Mediated Response ‘

Answer 3

1. Pathogens antigens presented on outside of phagocyte (APC)
2. Th cell attaches to antigens via receptors
3. Stimulates Th cell to divide via mitosis, clonal expansion
4. Th cells can differentiate

Question 4

What can T helper cells differentiate into ?

Answer 4

Stimulate B lymphocytes
Stimulate macrophages ( Phagocytosis)
Memory cells for that pathogen
Become cytotoxic T cells