Immune System Flashcards

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Macrophage

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To devour invaders and launch the immune system attack

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2
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Helper T cell

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To coordinate the counter attack , by real sing toxins

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B cell

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To tag invaders with antibody

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K cell

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To devour invaders, it’s the killer cell

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5
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Cytotoxic T cell

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To destroy infected body cells before the virus has a chance to multiply

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Memory cell

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To make immune responses faster next time invaders come around, (it remembers the pathogen)

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7
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Viruses

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Flu- aches, chills, sneezing , coughing

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8
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Bacteria

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Strapped throat- red swollen Sore the ought

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Parasites

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Gardia- diarrhea

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10
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Fungus

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Athletes foot- itchy, scaled, I between toes

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What are the five basic steps in an immune respounse to fight off of pathogens

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  1. Identify the invaders
  2. call for help
  3. tag the invaders
  4. Destroy the invaders
  5. Remember the invaders
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12
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Enemies or diseases causing agents, can be found in/ on

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Air, food,water, skin

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13
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An example of pathogenic bacteria is

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Strep throat

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14
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Any disease causing an agent is a

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Pathogen

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15
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Bactria can reproduce as quickly as every

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20 mins

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16
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  • Something. - are poise eve substances realized by some bactiria
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Toxins

17
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Salmonella bactiria attacks cells in the

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Digestive track

18
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Tuberculosis bactiria attacks cells in the

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Throat

19
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Streptococci bactiria attacks cells in the

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Throat

20
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Viruses are not made of – and can’t – on there own

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Are made of - cells- and cannot- reproduce-

21
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Measle viruses attack – cells

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Skin

22
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Influenza viruses attack – and – cells

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Throat and respeotory system

23
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What is the first line of defence with pathogens

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Skin

24
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What is the sending line of defences

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Cilia, gastric juices, wax, mucus, tears

25
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What structures are found in blood

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White blood cells

26
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What’s another name for, phagocyte

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Macrophage

27
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What is a clear liquid which circulates throughout the body in vessels of the what system

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Lymph, lymphatic system

28
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Dead pathogens are collected in structures called –

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Lymph nodes

29
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Every cell in the body and every pathogen have special markers on them called,

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Antigens

30
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Y shaped molecules produced by B cells are called

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Antibodies

31
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They fit together like a jig saw or lock and key, with molecules called – on the surface of pathogens

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Antigen

32
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A way to become immune to a sickness

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Vaccination

33
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A vaccine contains – or – forms of pathogen

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Week or dead

34
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What has given the name. “Flag”

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Antibody

35
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Why can’t you get chicken pox again, how are you immune to it

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The more cells remember the cell, and know how to prevent it from ever coming back again, and how to prove that it