Immune System

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What makes antibodies?

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Special WBC called a B cell

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Antibodies

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Proteins made by the immune system that attach to microbes to aid in their elimination

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Antigen

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Part of a microbe that is recognized by an antibody

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Where are B cells formed?

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In bone marrow

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B cells make

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Antibodies

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Plasma cells

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Activated B cells that make antibodies

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T cells are made for their

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Maturation in the thymus

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T cells can

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• Directly kill infected cells

- instruct other immune cells during infections

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Neutrophils

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• Type of phagocyte (eats microbes) and are normally found in the bloodstream
• first responders at the beginning of inflammation

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Eosinophils

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• WBCs responsible for combating multicellular endo parasites
• found in the lower gastrointestinal tract, ovary, uterus, spleen, and lymph nodes

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Basophils

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• store histamine

- important in the response to ectoparasites

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Histamine

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Chemical that causes some of the symptoms of an allergic reaction

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Monocytes

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Move to sites of infection in the tissues and divide/differentiate into macrophages after entering into the tissue spaces stored in spleen

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Half of the body’s monocytes are stored in the

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Spleen

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Macrophages

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• phagocytes

- function in both non specific defense as well as help initiate specific defense mechanisms

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Phagocytes

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Eat microbes

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Dendritic cells (DCs)

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• antigen presenting cells
• their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells
• they act as messengers between the innate and the adaptive immune systems