Cells
Help the body fight infection and other diseases
White Blood Cells
Why do cells and tissues that work day and night?
To look out for illness or disease
Immune system functioning in the center of most bones
Bone Marrow
What should one try to keep their stress levels?
Low stress levels
A substance that stimulates an immune response
Antigens
Create antibodies in response to antigens
B-cells
Why does it detect proteins found on surface of cells?
To generate its own proteins to protect from diseases
Immune system functioning in the throat and palate
Tonsils
What should one keep up to date with?
Vaccinations
An organism that causes disease
Pathogens
Focuses on specific foreign particles. Circulates until they encounter their specific antigen.
T-cells
What does it work to distinguish?
Our tissue from foreign tissue
Immune system functioning in left upper abdomen
Spleen
What should you drink regularly for good health?
Water
Protein that inhibits the reproduction of viruses
Interferon
Made in the bone marrow & travels through the blood to tissues in the body where it becomes a dentrite
Monocyte
What is an immune response?
The reaction/attack that an immune system will have if it senses something foreign hurting the body
The moist, inner lining of some organs and body cavities (such as the nose, mouth, lungs, and stomach)
What will happen if you do not exercise regularly?
Your immune health will decrease or not be at its best
Lymphatic System
constantly patrol organism for signs of infections, quickly respond to trap & kill the invading pathogens
Neutrophils
What is the difference between the innate and the adaptive immune system?
innate - you are born with. adaptive - develop when body is exposed to microbes or chemicals released by microbes
Immune system functioning in the chest between the lungs and above the heart
Thymus
Would your immune system be healthier if you ate fresh, nutricious foods or fatty, processed foods?
Fresh, nutricious foods
White blood cell that protects the body from reinfection by a specific pathogen
Memory Cell