Overview/Innate Defenses

Question 1

What are the primary lymphoid organs?

Answer 1

Bone marrow and thymus

Question 2

What are the secondary lymphoid organs?

Answer 2

Lymph nodes, spleen, BALT, GALT, and MALT

Question 3

Identify the cellular components of the innate immune system.

Answer 3

Epithelial barriers, macrophage, neutrophil, Dendritic cell, complement proteins, and NK cells.

Question 4

Identify the cellular components of the adaptive immune system.

Answer 4

B and T lymphocytes, antibodies,

Question 5

Discuss the general timeline of the innate immune response.

Answer 5

Instantaneuosly up to 12 hours.

Question 6

Discuss the general timeline of the adaptive immune response.

Answer 6

12 hours up to a week

Question 7

Discuss the general timeline of the primary immune response.

Answer 7

3-4 days

Question 8

Discuss the general timeline of the secondary immune response.

Answer 8

7-10 days

Question 9

Explain the importance of cytokines and chemokines in the immune response.

Answer 9

Cytokines bindtoreceptors on cells and activate signal transduction and can produce a number of different effects where as chemokines serve as chemoattractant cytokines and promote the movement of cells throughout the body by binding to chemokine receptors.