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Bacteria |
Very small- reproduce very rapidly Make you ill by-1)Damaging cells 2)Producing toxins/poisons |
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Viruses |
Not Cells- smaller than a bacterium Replicate themselves in our cells-this will burst the cell releasing new viruses this makes us sick |
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Defense |
Skin, hair, mucus and breathing pipework stop bacteria getting in Platelets help clot wounds If something gets through White Blood Cells come to play |
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Whit Blood Cells |
Travel in blood Stop microbes by- 1) Engulfing and digesting them 2) Producing Antibodies 3) Producing Antitoxins- counteract the toxins produced by invading microbes |
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Antibodies |
Invading cells have antigens on them When a White Blood Cell finds a foreign antigen they produce proteins called Antibodies Unique to their targeted antigen Produced rapidly If somebody is infected by the same pathogen the antibodies can stop them |
