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lymphocytes are.. |
white blood cells |
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initiated a secondary immune response? |
B cellsca |
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carries out humoral immunity? |
blood and lymph |
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makes immunizations effective? |
memory cells |
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collection of cell surface proteins that present antigen fragments on infected cells |
MHC |
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B cells mature in.. |
bone |
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t cells mature in.. |
thymus |
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fluids that leak from capillaries |
plasma |
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cell that produces histamine |
mast cell |
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type of cells that attack cancer cells and body cells infected with a virus |
killer t cells |
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proteins circulating in blood that tag foreign cells for phagocytosis or destruction |
neutrophils |
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protein produced by an infected cell that warns other cells to resist the infection |
interferon |
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includes local swelling, increased blood flow, and fever |
septic shock |
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histamines cause.. |
vasodilation and increased permeability of blood vessels |
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cellular ingestion and digestion of foreign substances |
phagocytosis |
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when a person lacks a part of the immune system and is susceptible to infections |
immunodeficincy |
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when the body's immune system attacks itself |
autoimmune disease |
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"big eaters" that eat any bacteria or virus they encounter in interstitial fluid |
macrophage |
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cells which survive a long time and help fight secondsry exposure to an antigen |
memory cells |
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short lived effector B cells; produce and secrete antibodies |
plasma cells |
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memory cells and plasma cells are produced in.. |
clonal selection |
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recieving antibodies from something else or someone else |
passive immunity |
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making your own antibodies |
active immunity |
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B cells and T cells are.. |
lymphocytes |
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what does a cytotoxic t cell attached to an infected body cell release and what does it do? |
perforins, makes the cell lyse |
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what does an activated helper t cell release and what does the substance do? |
cytokins which allow for cell to cell communication |
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passive immunity ___(1)_____ while active immunity ___(2)___ |
(1) gives a man a fish (2) teaches a man to fish |
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common name for adipose tissue? |
fat |
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organism whose body temp is determined by the environmental temp |
exotherm |
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anatomy.. |
study of structure of living things |
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physiology.. |
the way which a living organism or bodily part functions |
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type of tissue that can have a matrix that is liquid, gel or solid |
connective tissue |
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an ectotherm obtains most of its heat from the _______ |
environment |
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an endorherm obtains its energy from ______ |
its metabolism |
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positive feedback ___(1)___ while negative feedback ___(2)___ |
(1) enhances (2) inhibits |
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stimulus means |
a deviation from a set point |
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4 animal tissues |
1 epithelial 2 connective 3 muscle 4 nervous |
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___(1)___ and ___(2)___ are excetory systems |
(1) excetory (2) lungs |
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Endocrine system signals via.. |
sending hormones into the blood stream where limited cells w/i the proper receptor for the signal recieve it |
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nervous system sends signals via.. |
nerve impulses which travel through axons to a specific place |
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3 types of muscle tissue |
skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
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epithelial tissue definition |
sheets of cells which cover the outside of the body and line the organs and cabities within the body |
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6 types of connective tissue |
1 loose connective tissue 2 fibrous connective tissue 3 bone 4 blood 5 cartilage 6 adipose tissue |