Immune System Flashcards
Macrophage
To devour invaders and launch the immune system attack
Helper T cell
To coordinate the counter attack , by real sing toxins
B cell
To tag invaders with antibody
K cell
To devour invaders, it’s the killer cell
Cytotoxic T cell
To destroy infected body cells before the virus has a chance to multiply
Memory cell
To make immune responses faster next time invaders come around, (it remembers the pathogen)
Viruses
Flu- aches, chills, sneezing , coughing
Bacteria
Strapped throat- red swollen Sore the ought
Parasites
Gardia- diarrhea
Fungus
Athletes foot- itchy, scaled, I between toes
What are the five basic steps in an immune respounse to fight off of pathogens
- Identify the invaders
- call for help
- tag the invaders
- Destroy the invaders
- Remember the invaders
Enemies or diseases causing agents, can be found in/ on
Air, food,water, skin
An example of pathogenic bacteria is
Strep throat
Any disease causing an agent is a
Pathogen
Bactria can reproduce as quickly as every
20 mins
- Something. - are poise eve substances realized by some bactiria
Toxins
Salmonella bactiria attacks cells in the
Digestive track
Tuberculosis bactiria attacks cells in the
Throat
Streptococci bactiria attacks cells in the
Throat
Viruses are not made of – and can’t – on there own
Are made of - cells- and cannot- reproduce-
Measle viruses attack – cells
Skin
Influenza viruses attack – and – cells
Throat and respeotory system
What is the first line of defence with pathogens
Skin
What is the sending line of defences
Cilia, gastric juices, wax, mucus, tears
What structures are found in blood
White blood cells
What’s another name for, phagocyte
Macrophage
What is a clear liquid which circulates throughout the body in vessels of the what system
Lymph, lymphatic system
Dead pathogens are collected in structures called –
Lymph nodes
Every cell in the body and every pathogen have special markers on them called,
Antigens
Y shaped molecules produced by B cells are called
Antibodies
They fit together like a jig saw or lock and key, with molecules called – on the surface of pathogens
Antigen
A way to become immune to a sickness
Vaccination
A vaccine contains – or – forms of pathogen
Week or dead
What has given the name. “Flag”
Antibody
Why can’t you get chicken pox again, how are you immune to it
The more cells remember the cell, and know how to prevent it from ever coming back again, and how to prove that it
