Specific Defenses of the Host: The immune Response Flashcards
Chapter 17
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Soluble chemical messengers produced by immune system cells such as lymphocytes and macrophages. These messengers are needed to allow cells of the immune system to communicate with each other e.g. to warn of the presence of pathogens that must be dealt with?
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Cytokines
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Hapten?
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An incomplete antigen that will react with antibodies but will not, by itself, stimulate their formation
3
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Valence?
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The number of determinant sites on an antigen or antibody
4
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The source of B cells and T cellls?
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Stem cells
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