Week 7 Flashcards
Immune system
_____ line of defense: skin and mucous membranes
First
______________ are agents capable of producing disease
Pathogens
_________ line of defense: several innate defense mechanisms
Second
__________ line of defense: adaptive immunity
Third
The _________________ is a complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against infection, whilst protecting the body’s own cells
Immune system
________________ are white blood cells that destroy infected and diseased cells, like cancer cells
Natural killer cells (NK cells)
_______________________ are small proteins present in different lifeforms in nature that provide defense against microbial infections
Antimicrobial proteins (AMPs)
______________ guards equally against a broad range of pathogens (non-specific)
Innate immunity
__________________ is when the body develops separate immunity to each pathogen, has a memory of it, and is systemic
Adaptive immunity
Is first and second line of defense part of innate immunity or adaptive immunity?
Innate
Is third line of defense part of innate immunity or adaptive immunity?
Adaptive
First line of defense includes (3):
- Skin
- Mucous membranes
- Secretions of skin and mucous membranes
Second line of defense includes (5):
- Phagocytic cells
- Natural killer cells (NK cells)
- Antimicrobial proteins (AMPs)
- The inflammatory
response - Fever
Name (3) Lymphocytes?
- B-cells
- T-cells
- Natural killer cells (NK cells)
Do antibodies come from b-cells or t-cells?
B-cells
Third line of defense includes (3):
- Lymphocytes
- Antibodies
- Macrophages and other
antigen-presenting cells
Specific examples of the first line of defense? (4)
- Acidic pH of skin
- Stomach mucosa secretions
- Saliva and lacrimal fluid (tears)
- Mucus in digestive & respiratory pathways
What is lacrimal fluid?
Tears
Natural killer cells are a leukocyte but not a phagocyte, True or False?
True
If physical barriers breached, ____________ & ______________ present in connective tissue
Cells & chemicals
What is an aggressive lymphocyte?
Natural killer cell (NK cell)
NK cells release chemicals called _____________to target the foreign cell’s membrane and form pores, leading to cell death
Perforins
________________ is a type of cell death in which a series of molecular steps in a cell lead to its death
Apoptosis
______________ from NK cell enter perforin hole and degrade enemy cell enzymes
Granzymes
_____________________ & _____________________chemicals produce a “killing zone” around cell
Hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorite
Neutrophils are present in _______________ tissues
Connective
Neutrophils produce a cloud of bactericidal chemicals which forms ________________?
Hydrogen peroxide
(4) cardinal signs of inflammation
- Pain
- Heat
- Redness
- Swelling
_____________ responses are triggered when body tissues are injured
Inflammatory
Mast cells release ____________?
Histamine
______________ are cells, such as
neutrophils and macrophages, engulf
foreign material into a vesicle
Phagocytes
Vesicle is fused with a ____________, and
enzymes from such will digest the material
Lysosome
_______________ is a vesicle that holds a pathogen
Phagosome
_______________ is fusion of a phagosome with a lysosome
Phagolysosome
Most important types of antimicrobial proteins (2)?
- Complement proteins
- Interferon
Globulins are what kind of protein?
Complement protein
When complement proteins are
activated and attach to a foreign
cell membrane, which leads to lysis of the foreign cell, this is referred to as?
Complement fixation
Basophils and mast cells secrete
Histamine
Histamine creates _______________?
Vasodilation
Complement proteins bind antigen that is bound to antibody complexes to RBCs for
transport to ____________ and ______________
- spleen
- liver
MAC?
Membrane attack complex
What happens during membrane attack
complex (MAC)?
The cell explodes
Complement C3 dissociates into ___ and _____?
C3a and C3b