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Immunity system Flashcards

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Immunity is protection…

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against disease provided by the immune system.

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External defence system:

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  • epithelia in airways
  • hydrochloric acid in the stomach
  • blood clotting
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Internal defence system consists of…

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the white blood cells.

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An immune response is…

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the response of lymphocytes to the presence of a foreign antigen.

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Phagocytes are produced in…

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the bone marrow and are stored there.

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Phagocytes act as scavengers, so…

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they remove dead cells and invasive foreign microorganisms.

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Two types of phagocytes:

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Macrophages and neutrophils

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Neutrophils travel around…

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the body and patrol the tissues. They can squeeze through the walls of capillaries.

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Neutrophils are released in…

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large numbers form their stores. They are short-lived cells.

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Neutrophil’s nucleus is…

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granular.

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Macrophages are larger than…

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neutrophils.

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Macrophages are found in…

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organs(lymph, nodes, lungs)

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Macrophages are made in…

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bone marrow, travel as monocytes and develop in macrophages.

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Macrophages are long…

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lived cells.

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Macrophages initiate the immune…

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response by cutting the pathogen to display antigens that are recognised by lymphocytes.

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Every pathogen releases…

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histamine which attracts neutrophils.

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Antigens on the surface of the pathogen stimulate…

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the neutrophils to attack as the receptor proteins on the surface of the neutrophils recognise the antigen molecule.

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A pathogen is engulfed by…

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neutrophil in the process of endocytosis.

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Lysosome containing…

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digestive enzymes fuses with vacuole containing pathogen inside the cell.

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When neutrophil dies…

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pus is formed.

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Neutrophil can destroy more than one…

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pathogen.

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The pathogens can be recognised due to…

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proteins, glycoproteins, lipids, polysaccharides and the waste materials produced by the pathogen.

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An antigen is any molecule…

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which the body recognises as foreign.

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Antibodies are…

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glycoproteins that act against specific antigens.

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Chemotaxis is the movement of…

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neutrophils towards a chemical stimulus.

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Lymphocytes have a large…

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nucleus that fills most of the cell.

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B-lymphocytes remain in…

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the bone marrow until they are mature and then spread throughout the body, concentrating in lymph nodes and the spleen.

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T-lymphocytes leave…

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the bone marrow and collect in the thymus where they mature.

29
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The thymus is a gland that…

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lies in the chest just beneath the sternum.

30
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During the maturation process many different…

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types of B and T lymphocytes are produced. Each type is specialised to respond to one antigen.

31
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B and T cells circulate…

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between the blood and lymph. This ensures that they are distributed throughout the whole body.

32
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Immune responses depend on…

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B and T cells interacting with each other.

33
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As the B cell matures it gains…

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ability to make just only one type of antibody molecule.

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As the B cells are maturing…

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the genes that code for antibodies change in many ways to code for different antibodies.

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A clone is…

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small group of identical cells.

36
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Clonal selection is…

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when a small number of B cells with complementary receptors to foreign antigen divide by mitosis.

37
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Some of the activated B cells become…

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plasma cells and some memory cells.

38
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Plasma cells produce…

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antibodies very quickly.

39
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Plasma cells do not…

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live very long. After a week their number rapidly decreases.

40
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Antibodies stay in the blood longer than…

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plasma cells but their concentration decrease as well over time.

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Memory cells remain circulating…

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in the body for a long time.

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If the antigen enters the body a second time…

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memory cells divide rapidly and develop into plasma cells and more memory cells. Therefore, infection is removed before any symptoms or signs can develop.

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The primary response is…

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slow because at this stage there are few B cells that are specific for the antigen.

44
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The secondary response is…

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faster as there are many memory cells, which can quickly divide.

45
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Immunological memory is…

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the ability of the immune system to quickly respond to foreign antigen after it enters the body again.

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