Elements of Immune System

Question 1

response time of innate immunity?

Answer 1

minutes to hours aka fast

Question 2

major components of innate immunity?

Answer 2

1. physical and chemical barriers
2. serum complement
3. phagocytes

Question 3

how good is innate immunity at detecting microbes?

Answer 3

it only sees conserved characteristics of microbes (pattern recognition receptors PRR) so it is limited

Question 4

how is the specificity of response of innate immunity?

Answer 4

specificity is fixed aka cannot adjust or adapt

because goal is to have a quick response to control growth

Question 5

what are the effector mechanisms of innate immunity

Answer 5

1. complement activation (lysis)

2. phagocytosis

Question 6

what is the innate immune response to repeat infection?

Answer 6

the same duration and amount of response each time

Question 7

response time of adaptive immunity

Answer 7

days

Question 8

major components of adaptive immunity

Answer 8

1. T cells

2. B cells

Question 9

how good is adaptive immunity at detecting microbes?

Answer 9

responds to any antigen (diverse) and has numerous BCR and TCR

Question 10

effector mechanisms of adaptive immunity?

Answer 10

1. cytokines for apoptosis and inflammation
2. cytotoxicity (cell mediated)
3. antibodies (neutralization, phagocytosis, cytotoxicity)

Question 11

what is adaptive immune response to repeat infection

Answer 11

memory cells make more rapid and effective response with each exposure