Chapter 2 - Immunity and the Non-specific Immune System Flashcards
1
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- Best examples of natural passive VS natural active immunity
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PLACENTAL TRANSFER AND RECOVERY
2
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- Best examples of artificial passive VS artificial active immunity
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ANTIBODY/ANTITOXIN ADMINISTRATION and VACCINATION (ANTIGENIC STIMULATION)
3
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- Ingestion of particulate matter such as bacteria by a cell
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PHAGOCYTOSIS
4
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- Internalization of fluids and solutes by a cell
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PINOCYTOSIS
5
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- Name the tissue macrophages of the ff: liver, connective tissue, kidney, brain, joints, lungs, epidermis
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KUPFFER, HISTIOCYTES, MESANGIAL, MICROGLIAL, SYNOVIAL ‘A’, ALVEOLAR, LANGERHANS
6
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- Cell surface receptors important for the attachment of pathogens in phagocytosis
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- FORMYL-METHIONYL-LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE (FMLP) RECEPTOR
- CR3 RECEPTOR, - - LAMININ RECEPTOR
7
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- Other term of “digestion” by phagocytes
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CYTOPEPSIS
8
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- Cell surface proteins that promote cell-to-cell interaction to enhance phagocytosis
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INTEGRINS
9
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- Substances that coat particles and other organisms making them more susceptible to phagocytosis
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OPSONINS
10
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- An opsonin that acts like a glue to cause neutrophils and their targets to stick together
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FIBRONECTIN
11
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- An opsonin that enhances the interaction of phagocytes and antibody-coated particle
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CRYSTALLIZABLE FRAGMENT (Fc) OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN
12
Q
- The 5 cardinals of inflammation
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RUBOR TUMOR COLOR DOLOR FUNCTIO LAESA
13
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- Stages of inflammation
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VASCULAR RESPONSE, CELLULAR RESPONSE, CELLULAR PROLIFERATION AND REPAIR
14
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- Complement split product that functions as chemoattractant for phagocytes
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C5a
15
Q
- Identify the type I and II interferons and their origin
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Type I:
> IFN-alpha (MACROPHAGES and OTHER LEUKOCYTES)
> IFN-beta (FIBROBLASTS);
Type II:
> IFN-gamma/immune IFN (T-CELLS)
