Immunity Flashcards
1
Q
What do your skin do? Nonspecific
A
Keeps things out
2
Q
Specific Immunity
A
Antigen
Pathogen
Infection or vaccination triggers active immunity
3
Q
Antigen
A
Substance that is capable of stimulation an immune response
4
Q
Pathogen
A
Disease causing agents
5
Q
Lymphocytes
A
White blood cells
6
Q
B cells
A
Start in bone and stay in bone.
7
Q
T cells
A
Thymus
8
Q
B cells do what
A
Secretes antibodies that attack antigens.
9
Q
T cells do what
A
Attach cells infected with pathogens
10
Q
Primary Immunity
A
Response selection produces memory cells
11
Q
Autoimmune diseases
A
The system turns against the body’s own molecules
12
Q
Immunodeficiency diseases
A
Immune components are lacking and infections recur.
13
Q
Physical and emotional stress may
A
Weaken the immune system
