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21 Cards in this Set
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What is a Virus? |
A virus is a biological particle composed of nucleic acid and protein |
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What is a disease? |
A disease is any change, other than an injury, that disrupts the normal functions of the body |
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What is a Pathogen? |
A pathogen is an agent that causes disease; often referred to as the antigen that triggers the immune response |
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What is the Immune System? |
The immune system is the body's system of defense to stay healthy |
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What is Cilia? |
Cilia is tiny hair-like structures that trap and push pathogens out, in nose and respiratory tract |
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What are Phagocytes? |
Phagocytes are White Blood Cells that engulf and destroy pathogens |
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What are Antigens? |
Antigens are substances that trigger the response |
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What are Helper T Cells? |
Helper T Cells are the general/leader of the immune response system military |
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What do Plasma B Cells do? |
Plasma B Cells produce unique antibodies for the specific invader |
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What do Killer T Cells do? |
Killer T Cells hunt for disabled pathogens and destroy the intruder |
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What do Memory B Cells do? |
Memory B Cells are responsible for remembering the pathogen |
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What do Suppressor T Cells do? |
Suppressor T Cells bring the immune response back to its resting state |
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What is the Primary Immune Response? |
Primary response is the 1st encounter to a pathogen response through production of antibodies |
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What is the Secondary Immune Response? |
Secondary Response is the next time the pathogen is encountered. Memory cells already know how to fight it which produces a fast response and makes the individual immune to the same strand of disease |
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What does HIV stand for? |
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
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What does AIDS stand for? |
AIDS stands for Auto Immune Deficiency System |
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What are Macrophages? |
Macrophages are Big Eaters |
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What do Antibodies do? |
Antibodies attach to a pathogen and disable it |
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What is the 1st line of defense? |
The 1st line of defense is Anatomical Barriers |
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What is the 2nd line of defense? |
The 2nd line of defense is Inflammatory Response |
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What is the 3rd line of defense? |
The 3rd line of defense is Immune Response |
