human health and diseases Flashcards
what is health
complete physical , mental,social and behavioural well being of a person
disease causing agents known as
pathogens
which type of immunity has memory with previous pathogen encounter
acquired immunity
name the type of physical barrier
skin, mucus coating or lining of GI tract, respiratory tract, urino genital tract
types of physiological barriers
secretions like HCl in stomach, lysozyme in tears, saliva, acidic environment of vagina
type of cellular barrier
celss like poly morpho nuclear leucocytes, neutrophils WBC, monocytes, natural killer celss, macrophages
virally infected cells produce proteins which protects the non infected cells known as
interferons
what does interferons releases
translation inhibitory proteins
what is 2 degree immune response also known as
anamnestic response
what is antigen
antibody generation substances
antigen binding sites on antibody known as
Paratope
weight of heavy and light chain
50 and 25 k dalton molecular weight
total no of disulphide bond
16
which IG increase during allergic reactions and paraiste infection
IgE
Ig present in secretions like milk colostrum
IgA