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what are the four properties of immunity |
specificity memory versatility tolerance |
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specificity: each T or B cell responds to what |
only a specific antigen and it ignores all others |
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what does versatility mean |
immune cells are not restricted to the site of infection |
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each type of lymphocyte fights.... |
a different type of antigen |
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active lymphocytes do what to fight specific antigens |
clones itself |
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what is memory for immune cells |
some active lymphocytes (memory cells) stay in circulation |
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memory cells are inactive cells that remember specific antigens in order to... |
provide immunity against new exposure |
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what is tolerance |
the immune system ignores normal/"self" antigens |
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during development, cells that recognize self as not normal ... |
are destroyed |
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what are the two main divisions of the immune response |
cell mediated immunity (T cells) antibody mediated immunity (B cells) |
