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13 Cards in this Set
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Immune system |
Body's defense |
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Inflammation |
Rapid immune cell response in vascularized tissues |
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Innate/Native immunity |
Normal or natural protection |
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Adapted/Acquired/Specific immunity |
When immune cells exposed to antigens, they develop memory against antigens (more powerful than innate response) |
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Humoral Immunity |
B-cell/Lymphocytes (Acquired) |
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Cell-Mediated Immunity |
T-Cell/Lymphocytes (Acquired) |
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Antigens |
Peptide/epitope or polysaccharide produced by cells that react with adaptive immune cells |
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Antibodies/Immunoglobulins |
Proteins produced by B cells against antigens |
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Agglutination |
"Clumping" |
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Antibody types |
IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE |
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Antibody Functions |
Neutralize antigens, cause agglutination, activate components of innate and adaptive immune system (recruit macrophages, etc.) |
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Antigen presenting cells |
Chop up invading pathogens, process intook antigen and present it on the surface |
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Hematopoiesis |
Development of blood |
