Innate Immunity Flashcards
1
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megakaryocyte
A
- platelets
- activate blood clotting mechanism
2
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types and frequency of polymorhonuclear leukocytes
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- neutrophils
- lymphocytes
- monocytes
- eosinophils
- basophils
Never let monkeys eat bananas
3
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diapedesis
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- white blood cells can squeeze through the pores of blood capillaries even though the pore is much smaller than the cell by sliding a small portion through at a time
4
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chemotaxis
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movement of white blood cells toward the source of a chemical
5
Q
hemopoetic cells
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- cells that come from the bone marrow
- RBC
- megakaryocytes
- mononuclear phagocytic system
- polymorphonuclear leukocytes/ Gralulocytes
- lymphocytes
6
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monocyte
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a mononuclear phaocyte.
same as macrophage but found in blood
7
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macrophage
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- monocyte that has left blood and went into tissue
- Have three jobs
- sends message (cytokines) to alert neutrophils
- overseeing reconstruction (release growth factors)
- eating bacteria
8
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kupffer cell
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macrophage in liver
9
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microglia
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macrophage in brain
10
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dust cell
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macrophage in lungs
11
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osteoclast
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macrophage in bone
(not immune cell)
12
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dendritic cell
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- mononuclear phagocyte found in peripheral tissue.
- Langerhans cell found in skin
- uptakes antigens from tissue cells and is antigen presenting cell (APC)
13
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Lymphocytes
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B-cells
T-cells
NK- natural killer cells
14
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humoral
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extracellular
15
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cell-mediated
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intracellular
