Vocab
What is a T-cell?
a white blood cell that matures in th thymus and tonsils
When you get sick your body produces these to fight of bacteria and viruses?
Antibodies
What are 2 categories of 3rd line of defense?
meditated and cell meditated?
What is one specific defense? (hint: the biggest one)
skin
What is a biological response to harmful bacteria?
Inflammation
What is Specific disease vs. Non-specific defense?
1st and 2nd of line of defense vs. further steps taken to stop antigen if 1st and second line don't work?
What are Phagocytes?
cells that protect the body from harmful particles
What do B-cells do to fight antigens?
produce antibodies
What is another name for non-specific immunity?
innate
What is a b-cell?
a white blood cell
How do t-cells protect the body against antigens?
Help play a role in cell-meditated immunity
What form of immunity does only vertebrates have?
Specific defense
When foreign pathogens enter the body what is made to catch it?
mucus
What is a non-specific type of white blood cells?
phagocyte
What is immunity?
when an organism resists a specific infection or toxin