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Non-Specific Defences Against Diseases Flashcards

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What is the Immune System?

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A group of cells,tissues,organs and mechanisms that defend an organism against pathogens and other foreign substances.

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What is an Immune Response?

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Complex series of specific an non-specific processes involving a range off the cells and chemicals.

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What will happen if the body successfully fights an infection?

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It will respond more quickly and effectively if the same pathogen is re-encountered.

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What are the physical barriers?

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-Skin
-Skin Flora
-Mucous Membranes
-Lysozyme

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How does the skin act as a physical barrier?

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Acts as a barrier all around the body to prevent the entry of bacteria.

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What does the skin produce?

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Sebum, an oily substance that inhibits pathogen growth.

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How does Skin Flora act as a Physical Barrier?

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The skin has a naturally has a large population of natural health bacteria. These outcompete pathogens for surface space.

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How does Mucous Membranes act as a Physical Barrier?

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Gas exchange surfaces have a layer of mucus that trap pathogens.

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What does this mucus contain?

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The enzymes which destroy bacteria.

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How do lysozyme’s work as a Physical Barrier?

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In tears, urine and in stomach acid also destroys pathogens.

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What happens if the skin is ruptured?

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Pathogens may enter the blood.

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How many stages in blood clotting?

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3

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What is the first stage in blood clotting?

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Platelets rush to the site and they release 2 substances.

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What 2 substances do they release?

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Thromboplastin and Serotonin

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What does serotonin cause?

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Muscles to contract around reducing the gap

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What is the second stage in blood clotting?

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The clot dries out forming a hard scab keeping pathogen from entering.

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What is the third stage in blood clotting?

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Epidemical (skin) cells grow beneath the scab, collage fibres reinforce the skin cells.

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What is inflammation?

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The swelling of skin immediately around the rupture.

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What is inflammation characterised by?

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Pain, heat and redness

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When are mast cells activated?

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When skin is ruptured they release histamines and cytokines.

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What are histamines?

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Make blood vessels dilate, causing localised heat and redness.

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What does high temperature prevent?

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Pathogens from reproducing.

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What do histamines also do?

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Increase the permeability of the cell membrane, causing more tissue fluid to escape causing swelling and the pain.

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What do cytokines attract?

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White Blood Cells to deal with any pathogens.

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What is the normal core body temperature?

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37 degrees

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What is body temperature controlled by?

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Hypothalamus in the brain

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What causes the hypothalamus to reset?

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During infection, the large presence of white blood cells cause this which increases temperature.

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Why does this happen?

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As pathogens cannot reproduce as quickly at temperatures above 37 degrees and the specific immune system can work faster.

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What does the non-specific immune response target?

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Quickly targets a wide range of pathogens and foreign substances.

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What is another name for non-specific immune response?

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Innate immune response

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Give some examples which are parts of this immune response?

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Phagocytosis, inflammation and the anti microbial proteins, lysozyme and interferons.

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What is Lysozyme?

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An enzyme that disrupts the cells of gram-positive bacteria by digesting the Peptidoglycan.

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Where is lysozyme found?

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In human tears, saliva and lysosomes

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What are interferons?

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Proteins produced by virus-infected body cels in response to the virus.

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What do Interferons trigger?

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The production of a second protein that inhibits viral replication by binding to mRNA code by the virus.

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What is the first stage of Phagocytosis?

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Pathogens produce chemicals and other toxins that attract phagocytes. (WBC)

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What is the second stage of Phagocytosis?

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Phagocytes recognise the foreign antigens on pathogens as not being of the organism.

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What is the third stage of Phagocytosis?

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The phagocyte engulfs the pathogen putting it into a specialised vacuole called a phagosome.

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What is the fourth stage of Phagocytosis?

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The phagosomes combined with a lysosomes which contain powerful digestive enzymes, to form a phagolysosome.

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What is the fifth stage of Phagocytosis?

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Enzymes in the phagolysosomes break down the pathogens.

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What is the sixth stage of Phagocytosis?

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The broken down pathogen is moved out the the phagocyte by exocytosis.

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What are Macrophages?

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Specialised phagosomes

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What is different about macrophages to phagosomes?

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Macrophages take longer to break pathogens down than normal phagocytosis.

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What happens once macrophages are broken down?

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The foreign antigens of the pathogen bind with the antigens of the macrophage to form MHC.

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What is then displayed?

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The antigens on the macrophages plasma membrane to form a APC.

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What does APC stand for?

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Antigen-presenting cell

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What does MHC stand for?

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Major histocompatibility complex

48
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What are the 2 helpful chemicals?

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-Cytokines
-Opsonins

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What are cytokines?

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Phagocytes that have engulfed a pathogen produce chemicals called cytokines.

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What do cytokines act as? And how do they perform this role?

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Cell signalling molecules, informing other phagocytes that the body is under attack which stimulates them to move to the site of infection or inflammation.

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What do cytokines also do?

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Increase body temperature and stimulate the specific immune system.

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What are opsinins?

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Chemicals which bind to pathogens and ‘tag’ them so they can be more easily recognised by phagocytes.

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What do phagocytes have which allow opsonins to carry this out?

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Receptors on cell membranes which bind to common opsonins and the phagocyte then engulfs the pathogen.

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Which type of opsonins have the strongest effect?

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Number of different types by antibodies have the strongest effect.

Biology-Diseases and The Immune System (8 decks)

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