Intro Flashcards
What are the characteristics of the immune system while protecting the body?
Can be specific
Has memory
Is mobile and fast acting
is flexible
What are some examples of some nonspecific lines of defense?
Physical barriers (skin)
Chemical barriers (stomach acid)
Mucus and cilia for respiratory tract
Urine flushes out bacteria from urinary tract
What are the non-specific lines of defense part of?
Innate immune system
What are phagocytes, eosinophils, and natural killer cells part of?
Innate immune system
what do neutrophils protect the body from?
defense against bacteria and fungus
What do eosinophils protect the body from?
defense against parasites and respond to allergies
what do basophils protect the body from?
Allergies
Where do lymphocytes humoral mediated found from?
Within the serum
