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13 Cards in this Set
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The ability to ward off diseases through defense of the body |
Resistance |
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Vulnerability or lack of resistance |
Susceptibility |
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Defenses that protect us against any pathogen, regardless of species |
Non-specific resistance or innate immunity |
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First line of defense |
Skin and mucous membrane |
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Second line of defense |
Phagocytes, inflammation, fever and antimicrobial substances |
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The third li e of defense of the body provides against particular pathogens |
Specific Response or Adaptive Immunity |
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What is common with innate and adaptive immunity? |
Cell-mediated and humural components |
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What responses in a non-specific manner? |
Innate Immune system |
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How does adaptive immune system respond? |
Specifically to pathogen and antigen |
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How long does innate and adaptive IS respond? |
Innate- immediate mximal response Adaptive- lag time b/n exposure and maximl response |
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What IS have immunological memory? |
Adaptive IS |
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IS that is found in jawed vertebrates |
Adaptive IS |
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Non-specific Resistance |
1. Surface Barriers/Mucosal Immunity 2. Normal Flora 3. Phagocyte 4. Inflammation 5. Fever |
