Immune System Flashcards

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is the host’s first line of defense and is intended to prevent infection and attack the invading pathogens.

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Innate immunity

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Physical barriers, such as skin, chemicals in the blood, and immune system cells that kill foreign cells in the body.

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Innate

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Examples of Innate immunity

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Neutrophils, Macrophage, Dendritic Cells, Natural Killer Cells

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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.

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Adaptive Immunity

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Examples of Adaptive Immunity

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B cells & T cells

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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

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Animals

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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

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Plants

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Protein made by our immune system that binds to a particular target.

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Antibody

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A substance of a pathogen that causes the immune system to react

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Antigen

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