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What is the purpose of the immune system?
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To fight disease
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What is the structure of the immune system?
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Lymph vessels, lymph nodes, bone marrow and thymus
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What is the body's first line of defense? What are these barriers?
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Natural Barriers. Skin, breathing passages, stomach and mouth
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What does each barrier do?
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Skin= Sweat with enzymes
Breathing Passages= mucus Stomach= acid Mouth= saliva |
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What is the body's 2nd line of defense?
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Inflammatory response
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What happens in the inflammatory response?
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Inflammation and fever.
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What is inflammation?
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It is where the wbc go to the wound.
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What is the body's 3rd line of defense?
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Immune Response
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What happens in the immune response?
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wbc attack, others make anitbodies. T cells find and attack pathogens. Antibodies mark for destruction of pathogen.
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What is active and passive immunity?
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active= long term made by urself through vaccine
passive= short term. given by mom or serums |
