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Immunology (62 cards)

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Define immunology

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The study of all features of the body’s second and third lines of defense towards infectious agents, allergies and cancer

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What are WBCs looking for when theyre moving around the body?

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Self and nonself

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Neutrophils (WBCs)

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cells made from bone marrow that go around the body

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Phagocytosis

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Cell is eating something; most common method of destruction

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How are bacterias destroyed by the WBCs?

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When a pathogen is engulfed by a WBC, it forms a phagosome, which fuses with lysosomes to form a phagolysosome. The enzymes within the lysosome then destroy the pathogen

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What do Markers/Antigens do?

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Allows cells to identify new ones and then initiates a new response from the cells to destroy it

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PAMPs

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Pathogen-associated molecular patterns

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Bacterial PAMPs

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peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide

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What is a viral PAMP?

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double stranded RNA

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PRRs

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Pattern recognition receptors that are used by phagocyte host cells during the second line of defense

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Are all nonself proteins destroyed?

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If they are not harmful, the immune system will signal the cells to react differently

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MPS

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Mononuclear phagocyte system

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Reticulum

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a support network of connective tissue fibers that permeate the tissues of the body by interconnecting cells and meshing with the connective tissues surrounding the organs

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What is MPS?

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Phagocytic cells that provide a passageway between tissues and organs and in direct contact with tissue cells and the extracellular fluid

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Where are MPS found?

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Thymus
Lymph nodes
Tonsils
Spleen
Lymphoid tissue of the mucosa of the gut and respiratory tract

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What are the WBCs in the MPS called?

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Macrophages; they wait until an alien arrives to an MPS location

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Innate defenses

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Protections we are born with that protects against many pathogens

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Adaptive defenses

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Protections developed through life and are carried out by lymphocytes

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First line of defense

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Skin, mucous membranes, gastric acid

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Second line of defense

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Phagocytes, fever, antimicrobial proteins and inflammation

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Types of Phagocytes

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Neutrophils, dendritic cells and macrophages

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Signs of inflammation

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Rubor
Calor
Tumor
Dolor
Loss of function

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Rubor

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redness caused by increased circulation and vasodilation in the injured tissue

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Calor

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warmth caused by the heat given off from the increased blood flow

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Tumor
swelling caused by fluid escaping into the tissues
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Dolor
Pain caused by the stimulation of nerve endings
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Stages of inflammation
- Vasodilation - Increased permeability of blood vessels in the area - Phagocyte migration - Repair
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What happens during vasodilation?
Increased diameter of arterioles which causes redness and heat of skin area
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What happens during increased permeability of blood vessels?
The antibodies and clotting factors that were in the blood are allowed to leave which causes swelling and pain of area
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PYOgenic (not pyrogenic)
bacteria that stimulate the formation of pus
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Abscess
excessive pus in an enclosed space
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Ulcer
Inflamed tissue which is shed too many times at one site to form an open sore
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Exudates
fluids, cells, proteins or other substances that are released from blood vessels into tissues as a result of inflammation, infection, or injury
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Third line of defense
specific host defense (B cells, antibodies, T cells)
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How do cells determine which cells are self?
by interacting with other surface antigens
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Three main types of phagocytes
Macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells
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What part of the brain is body temperature is controlled by?
Hypothalamus
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How do phagocytes recognizes PAMPs?
Phagocytes recognize PAMPs by binding them with PPRs.
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Exogenous pyrogens
substances that originate from outside the body and can induce fever when introduced into the body
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Endogenous pyrogens
substances that are naturally produced within the body in response to various stimuli, such as infection, inflammation, or tissue injury. They can also induce fever.
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What are three things a fever stimulates?
Immune system, hematopoiesis, and metabolism
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Interferons
small proteins produced by white blood cells and tissue cells in response to viral infection
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B-cell
bone marrow cell
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t-cell
Thymus cell
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Immunocompetence
when a person has the ability to react to countless antigens and form a protective immune response even without previous exposure
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What two macromolecules usually play as antigens?
proteins and polysaccharides
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Where are B and T cells constantly circulating through in the body?
Constantly recirculating through the circulatory system and lymphatics
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What type of organs are B and T cells migrating in and out of?
Lymphoid organs
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Antigen activated T cells give rise to
T regulatory cells Cytotoxic cells T helper cells
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Helper T cells (CD4)
Activate macrophages & cytotoxic cells Assist B-cell process
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Regulatory T cells
Controls the T cell response
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Cytotoxic Cells (CD8)
Leads to the destruction of infected host cells and other foreign cells
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What do plasma cells produce?
produce and secrete antibodies and inactivate the antigen
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What 3 cells do B cells differentiate into?
Regulatory, plasma, and memory cells
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Regulatory B cells
secretes cytokine IL-10 to help stop the response of inflammatory mechanisms
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Natural Immunity
any immunity that is acquired during normal biological experiences of an individual
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Artificial immunity
Protection from infection obtained through medical procedures (vaccines)
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Active immunity
When a patient receives an antigen that activates B and T cells causing memory cells to activate and respond
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Passive immunity
when a patient receives antibodies that were produces actively in the body of another donor
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Gamma globulin or IVIG
A substance used for passive immunization that contains immunoglobulin (antibodies) extracted from the pooled blood of many human donors (particularly those involving immune deficiencies or autoimmune diseases)
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What does a vaccine involve?
the inoculation with antigens from a specific pathogen
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The Complement System
proteins in blood that are activated to enhance immune, allergic and inflammatory reactions

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