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1
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Innate immunity

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-intrinsic
-always present
-unspecific
-lack immunological memory
-immediate response

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Acquired immunity

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Specific recognition
Need a prior infection
Improves on repeated exposure
Immunological memory

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Stages of specific immunity

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Recognition
Activation
Response

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Description granulocytes

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Large cytoplasmic granules
Polylobed nucleus

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Types granulocytes

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Neutrophils
Basophils
Eosinophils

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Granular leukocytes

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Granulocytes
Mast cells
Agranulocytoses

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Description agranulocytoses

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Small granules
Rounded nucleus

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Types agranulocytoses

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Monocytes
T cells
B cells
Natural killers

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What happens in primary lymphoid organs

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Development and maturation of lymphocytes

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What happens in secondary lymphoid organs and tissues

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Where mature lymphocytes and antigens meet

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B lymphocytes mature in

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Bone marrow

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T lymphocytes mature in

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Thymus

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What are the secondary lymphoid organs and tissues

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Spleen
Lymph nodes
Mucosal Associated lymphoid Tissue MALT

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MALT

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Mucosal associated lymphoid tissues

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What happens in the Spleen

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Defense against antigens in blood

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What happens in Lymph nodes

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Interaction of circulating antigens from tissues with phagocytes

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What happens in MALT

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Capture of antigens from urinary, gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts

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Antigen

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Substance that is recognized as foreign and triggers an immune response

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Immunogenicity

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Ability of a substance to trigger an immune response

20
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Antigenicity

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Ability to be specifically recognized by the antibodies generated by the immune response

21
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Antibodies synonym

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Immunoglobulin

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Antibodies

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Substance that binds to and kill a specific antigen

23
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Natural barrier definition

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Mechanisms inherited as part of the innate structure

24
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Natural barrier types

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Biological
Chemical
Physical

25
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Biological barrier

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Microbiota
Flora

26
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Physical barrier

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Mucus
Skin
Secretions
Beating cilia

27
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Chemical barrier

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Acid pH in vagina and stomach
Lysozyme in tears and saliva

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What does the Immune defense start

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Once the pathogen has entered the body

29
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2nd line of defense

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Innate immunity

30
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3rd line of defense

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Acquired immunity

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