Week 2- Adaptive Immunity Flashcards
Adaptive Immunity is
-More Specific
-Has Memory
Innate immunity works with adaptive by
introducing tings for adaptive to kill
General characteristics of adaptive:
Recognition of ____ (antigens)
non self
General characteristics of adaptive:
I ___ than innate but more ___
slower but more specific
General characteristics of adaptive:
Adaptive provides ____ term protection
longer
Clonal Diversity begins at birth and occurs primarily in primary____ organs
lymphoid
Examples of primary lymphoid organs
thymus, bone marrow
As B & T cells mature, they migrate to ____ lymphoid organs
secondary
Examples of Secondary lymphoid organs
spleen, lymph nodes, adenoids, tonsils, Peyer’s patches (intestines)
Clonal Selection requires
exposure of cell to antigen
Clonal selection: Antigen is processed then presented to immune cells by
Antigen Presenting Cells (APCs)
B cells turn into
Antibodies
T cells turn into
Effector Cells
Active immunity
-Produced after natural exposure to ANTIGEN
-Body Builds up own antibodies
Passive Immunity
Antibodies from somewhere or someone else introduced to body