The Importance Of Innate Immunity

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Register to read the introduction… It has a first line of defense and a second line of defense that have been present since birth. When we call it nonspecific immunity we mean that they don’t necessarily know what type of virus, what type of bacteria, or what type of foreign substance it is. They generally respond to things that are bad. All they know is that they see something that isn’t suppose to belong and they respond to it, but they don’t remember it. The first line of defense includes the physical and chemical barriers of the skin, acid in our stomachs, or the acidity of the oils on the outside of our skin. Our skin provides a barrier which helps foreign substances from piercing into the body and causing diseases. The second line of defense is our cells that produce the action of phagocytosis which are phagocytes, antimicrobial substances, natural killer cells, inflammation and fever. Innate immunity doesn’t involve specific detection of a microbe. They treat every microbe the same …show more content…
Then occurs destroying, which is the very last step. Any other materials that can’t be tarnished any further are called residual bodies and then exit the phagocyte.
Phagocytosis also plays an important role in adaptive immunity as well.
Anatomy and physiology is very important to my career. My short term goal is to become accepted into San Jacintos RN program in which I will be in for two years. I will obtain my associates of applied science in nursing. Afterwards I will transfer to the University of Texas and continue to get my Bachelors of Science in Nursing. With all of this schooling I would love to work at MD Anderson Cancer Center as a pediatric oncology nurse.
Pediatric oncology nurses are cancer nurses who care for the young patients and families dealing with cancer. You must understand the basic genetics, biochemistry, and physiology of cancer. You may be able to start a oncology nursing career with a two, three, or four year nursing degree but many employers prefer a Bachelors of Science and nursing degree. Cancer nurses also need to be compassionate as well as needing to be experts in pain

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