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Immunity - Capter 7 Flashcards

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3 lines of defense

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  1. Physical barrier (skin)
  2. Innate/ non -specific (cells)
  3. Specific immunity (white blood cells)
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non specific immunity

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General protection - tears and mucus

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3
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Specific immunity

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Involves memory and the ability to respond to specific threats

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Inherited vs acquired immunity

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Through mother vs experience

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Protein bodies critical to immunity

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Anti-bodies and complements

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Antibody - structure and purpose

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Y shaped proteins with 3 binding regions
Antigen specific tips
Neutralize or collect enemy cells 
Promote phagocytes  (clump and attract)
Complement fixation
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Complement fixation

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When antigens attach to antibody expose complement -binding sites which activate complement proteins to form donut complex that kills invader.

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Phagocytes

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White blood cells
From bone marrow
neutrophils and monocytes

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Macrophage

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Monocytes increase in size and produce granules

Secrete substances that attract other wbc

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Lymphocytes

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Most numerous, produce antibodies
Circulate in body fluids
Two types - B and T

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B cell

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Type of lymphocyte, from bone marrow, containing antibodies, clones to form numerous immature b cells

When iB meets specific antigen, divides into plasma and memory

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Plasma vs memory cell

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Both activated B, plasma = cloned antibodies

Memory= stay in lymph nodes with antibodies

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T cells

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Lymphocytes

Develop in thymus, live in lymph nodes, specific antigen will activate: kill directly or attract macrophage

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3 hypersensitivities

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Allergy - sensitive to harmless environmental factors

Autoimmune - inappropriate response to self- antigens

Isoimmunity - reaction to baby or transplant antigens

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Allergy - 3 main types

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Food
Chemicals
Inhaled allergens

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16
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Treatment allergies

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Esters to calm (clary sage, lavender, RC)
Respiratory (Euc, tea tree, pine)
Anti-inflammatory (lemon, peppermint, lavender)
Frank base

Skin: sub helichrysum, rose

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Chrohn’s

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Inflamed intestinal tract
Cramp, fever,fatigue,pooping, joints, mouth sores and gums

Analgesic (lavender, peppermint)
AI (esters)
AS (esters basil)
Calm (esters)

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Graves

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Over-active thyroid (hyperthyroidism)

Anxiety, eyeballs, fatigue, hot and sweaty, insomnia, sob,

Anti-inflammatory (Esters)
calm CNS ( sesquiterpines myrrh)
Respiratory (Euc, pine)

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Lupus

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Multi system

Analgesic (monoterpine, )
AI (sesquiterpine, sesquiterpine alcohol, aldehyde)
soothing (esters)

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MS

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Brain and spinal - myelin sheath damage

Muscle - balance, numbness, coordination, weakness
Bowel: constipation, leaks
Eyes: discomfort, loss, blurry
Brain: foggy, dizzy, hearing, speech
Sexual

Calm CNS - sesquiterpine and aldehyde
Muscle - pain (pine)
Neuro/eye - Frank, helichrysum
Sexual - clary sage

Rosemary, sandalwood, lemongrass, geranium

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Inflammation of joints (AI sesquiterpine patchouli clary sage and sesquiterpine alcohol basil sandalwood myrrh) aldehyde (lemon grass, lemon euc). Esters -AS

Fir, myrrh, euc citriodora, basil, (aldehyde - AO)

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Celiac

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Reacting to gluten
Gas, pooping, anemia, dental and bones, fatigue, depression

Stomach - ginger, fennel, peppermint, caraway

Massage and foot baths

23
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Immunodeficiency disorders

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Disruption of b/t cells

Congenital - born with it
Acquired - HIV CANCER spleen removed, diabetes,chronic fatigue, candida

Immunosuppresed - drugs (chemo and steroids)

24
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HIV/AIDS

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Rna forms outta own DNA
Immune system fails

HIV can lead to AIDS

Alcohol and aldehyde to fight infection AO
Ester/sesquterpine Anti-inflammatory

25
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Chronic fatigue syndrome

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Prolonged fatigue (6 mo +)
Extreme

Uplift (esters), Anti-inflammatory (sesquiterpine ester) analgesic (monoterpine)

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Fibromyalgia

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Pain to joints, muscles and tissues

Uplift (bergamot)AI (sesquiterpine aldehyde)
Ao (esters

27
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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Immunity and resistance to disease are linked to attitudes and behavior
Nose-cns-immumity

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