immune response

Question 1

what type of blood cell are lymphocytes

Answer 1

white blood cell

Question 2

there are many cell to cell processes in the immune response.

-what process must take place for the communication to occur
-name a chemical messenger

Answer 2

• cell to cell signalling must take place for the immune response to work efficiently
  -cytokines are a chemical meesenger

Question 3

Macrophages release monokines (type of cytokine) which attract neutrophils by chemotaxis. What is chemotaxis

Answer 3

Chemotaxis- movement of cells towards a particular chemical

Question 4

what is an autoimmune disease

Answer 4

when the immune system mistakenly attack a healthy part of the body as if it was a foreign pathogen