Immune System 2

Question 1

Describe the cellular response to a pathogen

Answer 1

Steps 1, 2, and 3 are the same as antibody response, helper T cell goes to Cytoxic T-cell (killer T cell)
Killer T cell= stimulated by helper T cel, destroys cells that have pathogen inside of them, has enzyme perforin that lines the cell with pathogen, like bombs that explode on the bad cell

Question 2

How are enzymes catalysts?

Answer 2

Enzymes are catalysts because they increase the speeds of chemical reactions

Question 3

What does amylase do?

Answer 3

Breaks down carbohydrates

Question 4

How did lactose intolerance become so wide spread in the human population?

Answer 4

Most people at a certain age stop producing lactate which is the enzyme that breaks down lactose, without it you cannot digest dairy properly