Immune System Flashcards
is the host’s first line of defense and is intended to prevent infection and attack the invading pathogens.
Innate immunity
Physical barriers, such as skin, chemicals in the blood, and immune system cells that kill foreign cells in the body.
Innate
Examples of Innate immunity
Neutrophils, Macrophage, Dendritic Cells, Natural Killer Cells
Involves specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy foreign invaders and are able to prevent disease in the future by remembering what those substances look like and mounting a new immune response.
Adaptive Immunity
Examples of Adaptive Immunity
B cells & T cells
Have multilayered and diverse immune system
Immune system enables differentiation of own cells from foreign cells
Specialized blood cells migrate to annihilate unwanted foreign objects
Animals
Lacks immune system
Susceptible to bacteria, viruses, and fungi
Have their own specialized response cells that causes cell wall formation and thickening, antimicrobial compounds, and cell death if necessary
Plants
Protein made by our immune system that binds to a particular target.
Antibody
A substance of a pathogen that causes the immune system to react
Antigen