Module 1: Introduction to Immunology Flashcards
Other names for innate and adaptive immunity
What is natural and acquired immunity
Proteins which increase during inflammation
What are acute phase proteins
Cells that attack other cells infected by pathogens
What are natural killer cells
Accumulation of lymphocytes at the cute of infection with subsequent vascular dilation and increased vascular permeability
What is inflammation
Intensifies the effects of chemicals released during infection and inhibits bacterial growth
What is a fever
Proteins that tag microbes for destruction
What is complement
Cells with produce antibody
What are plasma cells (B lymphocytes)
The branch of adaptive immunity that is mediated by antibodies
What is humoral immunity
The branch of adaptive immunity that is mediated by different cells and molecules
What is cellular immunity
An immune response with is rapid, larger and better able to eliminate the antigen
What is the secondary immune response
Key features of adaptive immunity
What are self discrimination, specificity, adaptiveness, memory, deactivation mechanism
Bone marrow and thymus
What are the primary lymphoid tissues
MALT, lymph nodes, spleen
What are the secondary lymphoid tissues
Secondary lymphoid tissue that deals with blood borne antigens
What is the spleen
Secondary lymphoid tissue that deals with mucosal antigens
What is MALT
