Chapter 14 (Host defenses part 1)

Question 1

What is immunity?

Answer 1

is the ability of an animal to ward off internal threats such as pathogens and cancer

Question 2

What are the two types of immunw defenses?

Answer 2

innate immunity and adaptive immunity

Question 3

What is innate immunity?

Answer 3

nonspecific

Question 4

What is adaptive immunity?

Answer 4

specific

Question 5

What is the healthy functioning immune system responsible for?

Answer 5

-surveillance
-recognition
-destruction

Question 6

What does the lymphatoc system consist of?

Answer 6

-lymphatic vessels and nodes
-lymphoid organs
-lymph

Question 7

when blood is left by itself, it will colt and what is left is called what?

Answer 7

secrum (just liquid) (red blood cells drop to the bottom

Question 8

What is plasma?

Answer 8

contains all proteins and cloting factors

Question 9

What is buffy coat?

Answer 9

little white line where white blood cells are

Question 10

white blood cells can be called what?

Answer 10

leukocytes

Question 11

The first line of defense is what?

Answer 11

sebrum, tears, saliva, mucus, gastric juice, vaginal secretion, and urine