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Main function of the immune system? |
Protect the body from pathogen attack while allowing harmless molecules to enter the body |
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Pathogens can enter the body via.... |
Lymph nodes |
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A blood protein that counteracts a specific antigen? |
Antibody |
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Cells that mature in bone marrow and make antibodies in response to antigens? |
B-cells |
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What do cytotoxic T-cells do? |
Kill pathogen |
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Helper T-cells? |
They help the activity of other immune cells by releasing T cell cytokines |
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A series of non specific barriers that impede pathogens from entering the body or multiplying? |
innate immune system |
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Responds by remembering signature molecules called antigens , from pathogens to which the body has previously been exposed? |
Adaptive immune system |
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When a helper T cell encounters a cytotoxic T cell that recognizes the same antigen, it produces? |
Cytokines |
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Rapid treatment for a snake bite is an example of? |
Passive immunity |
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Vaccinations is an example of? |
Active immunity |
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What are innate immune system cells that attack host cells hat boring an intracellular pathogen? |
Natural killer cells |
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What is a nonspecific immune response? |
Cytokines-mediated inflammation |
