Immune System

Question 1

phagocytes

Answer 1

things that eat foreign attackers

Question 2

lymphocytes

Answer 2

trackers that allow you to be immune the next time round

Question 3

2 types of lymphocytes

Answer 3

B cells and T cells

Question 4

B cells

Answer 4

are the military intel, bring back info on the attackers so that next time we know

Question 5

T cells

Answer 5

go around looking for stuff that the B cells came in with and kill them, “killer T”

Question 6

antigens

Answer 6

foreign substances in the body

Question 7

antibodies

Answer 7

things that attach on to the antigens to alert killer T cells

Question 8

leukocytes

Answer 8

white blood cells, seek out and destroy disease causing organisms

Question 9

two types of leukocytes

Answer 9

phagocytes and lymphocytes

Question 10

common phagocytes

Answer 10

neutrophil, which kills bacteria

Question 11

doctors use check levels of neutrophil in the blood if they suspect a bacterial infection

Answer 11

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Question 12

lymphocytes made in the bone marrow

Answer 12

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Question 13

either stay in bone marrow and become B cells

Answer 13

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Question 14

3 types of immunities

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innate, adaptive/active, or passive

Question 15

innate immunity

Answer 15

we don’t get harmed by the same diseases as dogs and cats, also we have skin and mucous membranes that protect us

Question 16

adaptive immunity

Answer 16

has to do with the lymphocytes, we don’t really get the same diseases again

Question 17

passive immunity

Answer 17

we can get temporary immunity from things, as babies by drinking mothers breastmilk we get temporarily immune to everything she is immune to

Question 18

4 problems with the immune system

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immunodeficiencies, autoimmune disorders, cancer with the immune system, and allergenic disorders

Question 19

allergenic disorders

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when the body overreacts in response to a foreign substance

Question 20

immunodeficiencies

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when the body is lacking parts of the immune system. two types, primary and secondary

Question 21

primary immunodeficiency

Answer 21

when the body is born without something important from the immune system

Question 22

secondary immunodeficiency

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when the immune system becomes disabled due to medications given or some disease. Cancer treatment can cause the immune system to die, targets fast growing cells like in the bone marrow

Question 23

autoimmune disorders

Answer 23

when the immune system attacks itself

Question 24

IgA deficiency

Answer 24

immunoglobulin A is an antibody that plays the role of making mucous. IgA deficiency is when the body doesn’t make enough of the mucous/saliva needed at bodily entrances making it easier for things to enter. this is the most common

Question 25

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) “bubble boy disease”

Answer 25

when born without B or T cells, makes you unable to fight germs, named bc a boy in Texas had to live that way

Question 26

Chediak-Higashi syndrome chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)

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involve the neutrophils not being able to function normally as phagocytes

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DiGeorge’s syndrome

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born without a thymus gland so not able to produce t cells

Question 28

secondary immunodeficiency HIV AIDS

Answer 28

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome kills helper T cells

Question 29

immunodeficiencies with medication

Answer 29

cancer treatments attack bone marrow

Question 30

leukemia

Answer 30

cancer of the leukocytes

Question 31

lymphoma

Answer 31

cancer of the lymphoid tissues