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21 Cards in this Set
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Composed of defenses that are always active BUT can’t target specific invaders |
Innate immunity |
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What type of immunity responds without learning |
Adaptive |
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Where are all leukocytes made? |
Bone marrow; hematopoiesis |
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Site of blood storage and B -cell maturation |
Spleen |
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Derived from B-cells; make antibodies as a part of the adaptive immune system |
Plasma cells |
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Why are B cells considered mature, yet naive? |
They can be fully developed but haven’t come into contact with any virus to know what action to take |
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Cell that is the major contributor to humoral immunity |
B cell |
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Site of T cell maturation |
Thymus |
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Major component of lymph system and aid in communication |
Lymph nodes (base camp) |
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Cells that have granules (granulocytes) |
Basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils |
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Agranulocytes include what types of cells? |
Lymphocytes and monocytes |
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Non-cellular/non-specific nickname |
Innate immunity |
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Complement system |
Number of proteins in the blood that act as a nonspecific defense |
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Requires antibody binding to pathogen |
Classical pathway |
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Derived from monocytes |
Macrophages |
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MHC |
Binds to pathogenic peptide and carries it to the cell surface |
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Endogenous pathways in which a pathogen inside of a cell signals to cytotoxic T cells for it to release enzymes into the cell for apoptosis |
MHC1 |
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Phagocytosis ingest a foreign pathogen, degrade it and present them on the cell surface |
MHC-2 |
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Which compatibility complex results in activation of both innate and adaptive immune system |
MHC-2 |
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Use chemotaxis and make pus |
Neutrophils |
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Histamine is secreted by what 2 cekls |
Eosinophils and basophils |
