Immunity Flashcards
What is a disease?
any change that impairs the functions of an individual
What are infectious disease is caused by?
Pathogens that can be transmitted from person to person
What are examples of noncellular pathogen ?
Prions and viruses
What can only reproduce inside a Host?
Virus
What is bacteria?
A prokaryote
Many bacteria are pathogenic organism is that…
… Cause infectious disease
What can bacteria be classified on the basis of?
Their physical and metabolic characteristics
What are many infections diseases caused by?
Eukaryotic organisms
The immune system is able to identify what type of material from another?
Non-self and self
Do you mean system can produce two kinds of response to invading foreign material, these are…
Specific and non-specific
Nonspecialised features the prevent microorganisms from entering the body are called….
First line of defence
What is used as defence against foreign material into the body?
The second line of defence
