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Lymphatic And Immune System 2 Flashcards

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What is immunity?

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Resistance to disease, specifically infectious disease

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What is an immune response?

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The coordinated reaction of the immune system and molecules to infectious microbes

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What is the immune system?

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The collection of cells, tissues and molecules that mediate resistance to infections

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What is innate immunity?

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Resistance that exists prior to exposure to the microbe(antigen)

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Describe innate immunity

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It is no specific and includes host defenses such as:

  1. Barriers to infectious agents (e.g. skin and mucous membranes)
  2. Certain cells (e.g. natural killer cells)
  3. Certain proteins (e.g. the complement cascade and interferons)

Involves processes such as phagocytosis and inflammation

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Differentiate between innate immunity and acquired immunity

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  • innate immunity does not improve after exposure to the organism, acquired immunity
  • innate immunity possess no memory but acquired immunity is characterized by long term memory
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What are the first lines of defense in innate immunity?

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  1. Skin
  2. Mucous membranes and secretions
  3. Normal flora
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What is the second line of defense in innate immunity?

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  1. Innate immune cells
  2. Inflammation
  3. Complement
  4. Antimicrobial substances
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Describe skin

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Many layers of closely packed, keratinized cells

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How does the skin act as a first line of defense?

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The outer epithelial layer of the skin- the epidermis- provides a formidable physical barrier to the entrance of microbes

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How can pathogens penetrate the skin?

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Pathogens can penetrate the epidermis and invade against tissues or circulate in the blood if there is a broken area in the skin (cuts, punctures, burns etc.)

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Where are mucous membranes located ?

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Line the body cavities like the GI, respiratory and reproductive tracts

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How are mucous adapted to protect in innate immunity?

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The epithelium of the mucus membrane secretes mucus which lubricate and trap many microbes and foreign substances

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How are the mucous membranes for the upper respiratory tract better adapted for innate immunity?

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Mucous membranes if upper respiratory tract contains cilia that propels inhaled dust and microbes that have become trapped in mucous toward the throat

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How is gastric juice adapted for innate immunity?

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It is a mixture of hydrochloride acid, enzymes and mucous that destroys many bacteria and most bacterial toxins

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How does lacrimal apparatus respond to irritants?

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Lacrimal apparatus of the eyes produce and drains away tears which contain lysosome , an enzyme capable of breaking down the cell walls of certain bacteria

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In what substances in the body is lysozyme present?

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Saliva, tears, perspiration, nasal secretions and tissue fluids

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Describe the second line of defense

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When pathogens penetrate the physical and chemical barriers of the skin and mucous membranes, this is what they encounter:

  1. Internal antimicrobial substances
  2. Phagocytes
  3. Natural Killer Cells
  4. Inflammation
  5. Fever
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List the internal antimicrobial substances

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(I cry in Amps)

  1. Interferons(IFNS)
  2. Complement system
  3. Iron-binding proteins
  4. Antimicrobial proteins (AMPs)
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How do interferons assist in the second line of defense?

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An important defense against viral infections by preventing their replication

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How does the complement system aid the second line of defense in innate immunity?

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Enhancing the immune reaction by causing bursting of microbes, promoting phagocytosis and contributing to inflammation

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How does iron-binding protein aid in the secondary line of defense in innate immunity?

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Inhibit growth of certain bacteria by reducing the the amount of available iron

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How do antimicrobial proteins aid in the second line of defense in innate immunity?

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Short peptides that have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity including killing a wide variety of microbes and attracting dendritic cells and mast cells, which participate in immune responses

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Where are AMPs produced?

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AMPs produced by sweat glands,neutrophils, macrophages, epithelial and platelets

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How much of the lymphocytes in the blood are Natural Killer Cells ?

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About 5-10%

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Where are Natural Killer Cells present?

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In blood, spleen, lymph nodes and red bone marrow

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What type of cell do Natural Killer Cells attack?

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Any body cell that display abnormal or unusual plasma membrane proteins

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How Batural Killer Cells work?

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Natural killer cells bind to target cells such as an infected human cell, Natural killer cells release granules containing toxic substances into the target cells

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What are the 2 types of macrophages?

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  1. Fixed macrophages

2. Wandering macrophages

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What are phagocytes?

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Specialized cells that perform phagocytosis (ingestion of microbes or other particles such as cellular debris)

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What are the 2 types of phagocytes?

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Neutrophils and macrophages

32
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Give examples of fixed macrophages and their locations

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Histocytes- macrophages in connective tissue

Kupffer cells- in the liver

Alveolar cells- macrophages in the lungs

Microglial cells in the nervous system

33
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What wandering or non-fixed macrophages?

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Develop during periods of infections from circulating monocytes and become phagocytic

34
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What are fixed macrophages?

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Constantly stand guard in specific tissues

35
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Outline the events of phagocytosis

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  1. Chemotaxis leads the phagocyte to the microbe
  2. Microbe ADHERES to the surface of the phagocyte
  3. Phagocyte ingests the microbe
  4. Digestion if the microbe
  5. Microbe is killed
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What is inflammation?

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Nonspecific, defensive response of the body to tissue damage

37
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What are possible causes of inflammation?

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Pathogens, abrasions, chemical irritations, distortion or disturbance of cells and extreme temperatures

38
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What are the signs and symptoms of inflammation?

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  1. Redness
  2. Pain
  3. Heat
  4. Swelling
  5. Inflammation can also cause a loss of function in the injured area
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What are the 3 stages of inflammation?

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  1. Vasodilation and increased permeability of blood vessels
  2. Emigration of phagocytes from the blood into interstitial fluid
  3. Tissue repair
40
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What are the benefits of a fever?

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Intensified effects of interferons

Inhibits bacterial growth

Speeds up tissue repair

41
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Why does a fever occur?

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Abnormmaly high body temperature occurs because hypothalamic thermostat is reset

42
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What event prompts a fever to occur?

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Occurs during infection and inflammation

-bacterial toxins trigger release of fever-causing cytokines such as interlukin-1 from macrophages

43
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What is adaptive(specific) immunity?

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The ability of the body to defend itself against specific invading agents such as bacteria, toxins, viruses and foreign tissues

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What white blood cells are involved in Adaptive (specific) immunity?

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B and T lymphocytes

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What are antigens?

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Substances that are recognized as foreign and provoke an immune response

46
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What are the properties of adaptive immunity?

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  1. SPECIFITY for particular antigens

2. Memory for previously encountered antigens resulting in more rapid and vigorous response in the future

47
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What are the 2 types of adaptive immunity?

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  1. Cell-mediated immunity

2. Antibody immunity

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What is cell mediated immunity(a form of adaptive immunity)

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Cytotoxic T cells directly attack invading antigens

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What is cell-mediated immunity effective against?

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  1. Intracellular pathogens which may include viruses, fungi or bacteria that are inside cells
  2. Some cancer cells
  3. Foreign tissue transplants
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Explain what is antibody mediated immunity

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B cell transform into plasma cells, which synthesize and secrete proteins called antibodies which bind to and inactivate specific antigens

51
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What is antibody immunity effective against?

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Effective against extracellular pathogens which include any viruses, bacteria or fungi that are in body fluids outside cells

52
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What is another name for antibody mediated immunity? Why?

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Humoral immunity- body fluids(lymph, blood etc.) are also called humors

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What is the function of helper T cells?

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Helper T cells aid the i,mine responses if both cell-mediated and antibody-mediated immunity

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How do B cells respond to antigens?

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  • Respond by becoming plasma cells and making antibodies

- Some B cells become memory B cells which produce stronger response with next exposure to antigen

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How do T cells respond to adaptive immunity?

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  • Respond with a cell mediated response
  • binds to antigens on cells and attack them directly
  • Secrete lymphokines that increase T cell production and directly kill cells with antigens
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Contrast functions of humoral immunity, cell-mediated immunity and helper T lymphocyte

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Humoral immunity- Block infections and eliminate extracellular microbes

Cell mediated immunity- Kill infected cells and eliminate reservoirs of infection

Helper T cell- Eliminated phagocytosed microbes

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Contrast the effector mechanism between Hekper T cell action, humoral immunity and cell mediated immunity

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Cell mediated- Killed infected cell

Helper at cell action - activated macrophage

Antibody mediated- secreted antibody

58
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Contrast the responding lymphocyte in humoral immunity, cell-mediated immunity and riboflavin immunity

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Antibody mediated immunity- B lymphocytes

Cell mediated- Cytotoxic T cell

Helper T lymphocyte

59
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What is immunocompetentence?

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The ability to carry out adaptive immune responses(opposite of immunodeficiency)

60
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From where do B and T lymphocytes mature?

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B and T lymphocytes develop in primary lymphatic organs (red bone marrow and the thymus)from pluripotent stem cells

  • B cells mature in bone marrow
  • T cells migrate to and mature in the thymus
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Differentiate between the types of T cells

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  • Cytotoxic T cells( CD8 T cells) - protect body against viruses and cancer cells
  • Helper T cells (CD4- T cells)- increase antibody formation, memory cells dormatiin, B cell formation and phagocytosis
62
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Outline the B lymphocyte lineage of maturity

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Common lymphoid precursor in generative lymphoid organs (in this case the bone marrow) allow the for formation of immature B lymphocytes

Immature B lymphocytes are sent to blood lymph where there is recirculating between lymph nodes and spleen for recirculation of mature B lymphocytes

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Outline T lymphocyte lineage of maturity

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After T lymphocytes mature in the thymus mature naive T lymphocyte are sent to the blood lymph

T lymphocytes recirculate bloodlymph, spleen, mucous all and cutaneous lymphoid tissues as mature T lymphocytes

64
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What is self-recognition?

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The ability to recognize your own proteins

65
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What is self-tolerance ?

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The lack of reactivity to peptide fragments from your own proteins

66
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What is AIDS?

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Acquired Immunodeficiency System- a condition in which a person experiences an assortment of infections due to the progressive destruction of immune system cells by the human immune deficiency virus (HIV)

67
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What does AIDS represent?

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It represents the end stage infections of HIV

68
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What are autoimmune diseases?

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When the immune system fails to display self-tolerance and attacks a person’s own tissues

69
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Who are the most susceptible to autoimmune diseases ?

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  • autoimmune diseases usually occur in early adulthood

- females suffer autoimmune diseases twice as often as males

70
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List examples of autoimmune diseases

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  • grave disease
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Type 1 diabetes Mellitus
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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