Intro to Immune defenses Flashcards
What are microbes?
What are the living microbes?
What are the non living microbes?
What are prions?
What are viruses?
What are bacteriophages?
What is gram + bacteria?
What is gram - bacteria?
What are the viral classes?
What are the two types of fungi?
Which fungal infections are problematic for immunocompromised individuals?
What are helminths and the types?
What are the barriers to pathogen defense?
What is the innate immune response?
What is the induced innate response?
What is the role of dendritic cells?
What is the adaptive immune response?
What is acute inflammation and causes?
Relate the characterisics of inflammation to cells/cytokines
redness-
heat-
swelling-
pain-
loss of function-
What is exudation?
What are the primary lymphoid organs?
What are the secondary lymphoid organs?
Role of eosinophils?
Role of basophils?
What is an oocyte?
What does the trophoblast differentiate into?
What does the embryoblast differentiate into?
What is the amniotic cavity and location?
What is the double membrane of the amniotic cavity?
What is gastrulation and when does it occur?
What is the yolk sac?
How does the mesoderm form?
Why is the primitive streak important?
What are the derivatives of the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm?
What are the four cell classes?
How is the epithelia connected to the basal lamina?
How does epithelia obtain nutrients?
Where does simple stratified line?
What does simple cuboidal line?
What does simple columnar line?
What does stratified squamous keratinising line?
What does stratified squamous non-keratinising line?
What does simple acinar line?
What does simple tubular line?
What does compound acinar line?
What does compound tubular line?
What are CAMs?
What is the structure of cadherin?
What is the structure of integrin?
What is the structure of selectin?
Function of anchoring junction?
Provide mechanical link to cytoskeleton
Function of tight junctions?
Prevent leakage of molecules
Function of desmosomes
Bind cells together via intermediate filaments
Function of gap junctions
Conduct electrical signals and regulate movement
What are the components of the extracellular matrix?
What is the structure of collagen?
What is important for collagen formation?
Function of fibroblast?
What is connective tissue?
Difference between collagen and reticular fibres?
Examples of loose connective tissue?
Example of regular dense connective tissue?
Example of irregular dense connective tissue?
Why is there irregular dense connective tissue?
