Immune Flashcards
What is the major single component of blood?
Plasma
Which statement best describes apoptosis
natural cell death
name 3 granulocytes
PHILS
neutrophils
basophils
eosinophils
what are the agranulocytes
lymphocytes
monocytes
t lymphocytes mature where
thymus
B lymphocytes mature where
Bone marrow
b cell immunity?
humoral
t cell immunity?
cell-mediated
b cells make?
immunoglobulins
t cells make what?
cytokines
t cells CD4
t helper cells
t cells CD8
cytotoxic t cells
t suppresor cells
a well differentiated blood cell has which characteristics
one function
cannot reproduce
on appropriate stimulation, pluripotential hemapoietic stem cells (PHSCs) divide, forming 1 PHSC and one other cell type. What is the other cell type form in the division?
committed stem cell
What is a major function of the lymph system
to filter foreign material