NO GETTING SICK Flashcards

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what are the parts of the lymphatic system

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the thymus, the spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow and adenoid and tonsils

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what things in the body are there to make sure pathogens don’t get in the body

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the skin being acidic, the stomach, ear wax, nose (cilla and mucus),

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what happens if it get inside

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it must get utilized and destroyed

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macrophage

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a large white blood cell that eats foreign objects this is one type of non-specific destruction

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chem signalling

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this is what makes hystimes in the body

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types of white blood cells (third line of defence)

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lymphocyte, monocyte, basophil, neutrophil, eosinophil

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antigen

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it shows what a pathogen is

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antibodies

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these are produced by proteins and these cling to antigens

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helper T cells

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these T cells help say hey something doesn’t belong and help get that out to everyone

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B cells

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wants to get the helper T cells so it either gets all the info needed on that one pathogen (memory T cell)or becoming a plasma cell

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cytotosic T cell

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these guys are like the ninjas of the body they kill any pieces left behind from the macrophage and either by telling the pathogen to die or by killing

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