Chapter 7 - Immunity

Question 1

immunity

Answer 1

ability to ward off disease

Question 2

susceptibility

Answer 2

inability to ward off disease (lack of resistance)

Question 3

innate immunity

Answer 3

from birth
non-specific
no memory
includes 1st and 2nd lines of defense

Question 4

adaptive immunity

Answer 4

immune response to specific pathogen
slower to respond
memory!
3rd line of defense

Question 5

macrophages

Answer 5

mature monocytes - found in tissues throughout the body
phagocytic cells
part of innate immunity

Question 6

B lymphocytes (B cells)

Answer 6

Major cell in humeral immunity
Form and mature in bone marrow
Will turn into plasma cells - produce antibodies
Some will turn into memory cells

Question 7

T lymphocytes (T cells)

Answer 7

Primary cell in cellular immunity
Form in bone marrow and mature in thymus
Differentiate into different kinds of T cells

Question 8

antigen

Answer 8

foreign substance that causes the production of antibodies
self = marks cell as part of the body; immune system ignores
non-self = marks cell as foreign; causes immune response