Lympatic System #2 Flashcards
disease similar to smallpox but less virulent
cowpox
ability to cause disease
virulence
Person is exposed by normal contact and is infected
naturally acquired active immunity
Transplacental transfer is an example of
Naturally acquire passive immunity
What is passed in the breast milk that contains antibodies?
colostrum
A vaccine is an example of
artificially acquired active immunity
Transfer of humoral antibodies like antivenin
artificially acquired passive immunity
What does the latent period before measurable amounts of specific antibodies appear and how long does it take?
5-10 days primary response
Subsequent exposure of one person to the same antigen results in _____ produced by _______
secondary response, B cells (memory cells)
The ability of B cells to inherit the ability to produce specific antibodies explains
clonal selection theory
Most abundant lymphocytes in an adult
memory t cells
How does a germinal center develop?
From a B cell that has been stimulated by an antigen and activated by Helper T cell
Proliferating B cells in a germinal center under go ______ which generates a diversity of new antibodies
somatic hypermutation
Develop of a secondary response provides ____ against specific pathogens
active immunity
The first successful polio vaccine
the salk vaccine
oral vaccine that used to cause polio
sabin
What 3 ways can vaccines be produced
live viruses with weakened virulence, killed viruses, recombinant viral proteins
molecules that can boost the immune response when delivered with the vaccine
adjuvants
adjuvants work because dendritic cells have ____ receptors that bind to what?
pattern recognition recepters, pathogen associated molecular patters and damage associated molecular patterns
Thyroglobin in the thyroid is an example of a
immunilogically privelaged site