Immune Cells
Tags invaders with antibodies so other immune cells know to destroy them
What are B Cells?
Tiny, one-celled organisms that get nutrients from their environments like the human body to live. Can reproduce outside of the body or within the body as they cause infections
What are Bacteria?
The body produces antibodies in response to exposure to a live pathogen
What is Active Natural Immunity?
The best way to avoid getting and spreading germs.
1 large organ involved in filtering blood and fighting infections
What is the spleen?
Devours invaders and launches the immune system to attack
What are Macrophages?
An organisms that needs to be inside living cells to grow and reproduce. They can't survive very long if they're not inside a living thing like a plant, animal, or person.
What are Viruses?
Antibodies are passed from mom to baby through placenta and breast milk
What is Passive Natural Immunity?
The first physical line of defense against germs
what is the skin?
Multiple clusters of these that filter and monitor for infections
What are lymph nodes?
Coordinates the immune system attack by recruiting and activating other immune system cells
What are Helper T cells?
Multi-celled plant-like organisms. They can't make their own and get their nutrition from plants, people, and animals. They love to live in damp, warm places.
What are Fungi?
The body produces antibodies in response to a vaccine
What is Active Artificial Immunity?
Another physical barrier to prevent germs or pathogens from entering the body.
What are mucous membranes?
Where B cells mature
What is the bone marrow?
Another name for white blood cells
What are Leukocytes?
One-celled organisms that love moisture and often spread diseases through water
What are Protozoa?
Immunoglobuins are administered to an individual after exposure to a pathogen.
A general response to a pathogen getting inside the body?
What is the non-specific innate immune response?
Name 2 areas where lymph nodes are found
neck, axilla (underarm), chest, abdomen, and groin.
The two types of leukocytes
What are phagocytes and lymphocytes?
Pick 1 and name 2 examples:
Bacteria
Virus
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria: e. Coli, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, gonorrhea, chlamydia
Virus: influenza, covid-19, SARs, rabies, HIV, HPV, herpes zoster, measles, mumps, hepatitis
Fungi: Candidiasis (yeast infx), Tinea (athlete's foot), Pneumocystis jirovecii (pneumonia), Ringworm (dermatophytosis)
Protozoa: Sarcodina – the ameba, Mastigophora – the flagellates (giardia), Ciliophora – the ciliates, e.g., Balantidium
Name 2 signs of an inflammatory immune response
Redness, swelling, pus/discharge, pain
A coordinated attack to a pathogen getting inside the body.
What is specific adaptive immunity?
Where T cells mature
What is the Thymus?