Ch 16 - Innate Immunity Flashcards
susceptibility
lack of resistance to a disease
immunity
ability to ward off disease
innate immunity
defense against any pathogen (nonspecific)
adaptive immunity
immunity or resistance to a specific pathogen
first line of defense(3)
physical factors, chemical factors, normal microbiota
3 types of physical factors:
skin, mucous membranes, secretions
3 traits of innate immune system
- present at birth
- physical and chemical barriers to infection
- nonspecific responses to destroy invading cells
3 traits of adaptive immunity
- reaction to specific antigens
- body reacts to antigens when exposed
- retains “memory” of those antigens
epidermis consists of :
tightly packed cells
keratin
protective protein
Why is the epidermis good for protection?
difficult to penetrate
The _______ of dead cells removes __________
shedding; microbes
What 3 tracts do mucous membranes line?
gastrointestinal, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts
mucous
viscous glycoprotein that is produced by goblet cells
ciliary escalator
transports microbes trapped in mucous away from the lungs, toward the throat (1-3 cm per hour)
Body secretions can expel pathogens from the body in 7 ways:
tears, saliva, earwax, vaginal secretions, urine, feces, and vomit
fungistatic fatty acids in sebum
inhibit growth of some pathogenic bacteria and fungi
Lysozyme is found where? (4)
perspiration, tears, saliva, urine
Lysozyme
breaks down chemical bonds in peptidoglycan
What type of bacteria is lysozyme affective against?
gram-positive
pH of skin:
3-5
pH of stomach:
1.2-3
What does the pH of the stomach not destroy?
botulinum toxin
pH of vaginal secretions
3-5
3 ways pathogens protect against pathogens:
- occupying niches that pathogens might occupy; competition for resources
- producing acids
- producing bacteriocins
4 parts of second line of defense:
- inflammation
- fever
- phagocytosis
- antimicrobial substances
platelets
cell fragments involved in clotting
What 4 things are in your blood?
WBCs, RBCs, platelets, and plasma
neutrophils and monocytes
engulf and destroy microbes by phagocytosis
Monocytes differentiate into:
macrophages & dendritic cells
Phago-
Greek for eat
-cyte
greek for cell
phagocytosis
ingestion of a microbe or particles by a phagocyte
2 types of phagocytes
macrophages and neutrofils
Fixed macrophages
stay in one place (lungs, liver, etc)
Wandering macrophages
move to sites of infection
Microbes posses unique structures, ______, that immediately tag them as foreign.
PAMPs
PAMP
pathogen-associated molecular patterns
TLRs
toll-like receptors
These _____’s are recognized by ______’s present on various host cell types.
PAMP; TLR