Intro to Immunity Flashcards
What is the condition of resisting a disease through preventing the development of pathogenic microorganisms
Immunity
What has the following roles produces the immune response to defend the animal from foreign substances, cells, and tissues
The immune system
What excludes invaders?
Physical barriers
What has the brief role rapid initial protection?
Innate immunity
What has the brief role of prolonged effective immunity?
Adaptive immunity
What type of immunity is achieved through vaccination?
Adaptive immunity
What is the result of an unvaccinated animal being affected by a disease but then recover?
Adaptive immunity
What type of immunity takes a long time to develop and is very specific?
Adaptive immunity
What is the name for when all the defensive mechanisms are linked together?
Complex interacting network
What immunity results in antibodies?
Adaptive immunity
What are proteins that circulate in body fluids called?
Antibodies
What has the role of binding to bacteria and marking them for destruction?
Antibodies
What is a form of adaptive immunity that is directed mainly against viruses?
Cell mediated immunity
What are examples of physical barriers that help defend the body?
Skin, Normal flora
What are inflammation, defensins, and lysozymes examples of?
How the innate immunity defends the body from pathogens
What are examples of how adaptive immunity defends the body from pathogens?
Antibody production
Cell-mediated immunity
T/F: The innate immunity is always the same no matter what
True
What 2 cells are engaged by adaptive immunity?
T and B cells
What immunity are macrophages, neutrophils, natural killer cells, and dendritic cells are engaged from?
Innate immunity
Which immunity is always “on”?
Innate immunity
Which immunity is turned on by antigens?
Adaptive immunity
Out of the 3 immunities, which one is technically the quickest?
Physical barriers
Does serum or plasma have more antibodies?
Serum
What 2 ways do newborns get immunity?
Naturally through placenta and colostrum
T/F: Immunity can be transferred naturally and artificially
True
What part of blood plasma is responsible for antibodies?
Globulins
