introduction and good microbes
Cellular organization, the ability to reproduce by themselves, growth & development, energy use from nutrients, homeostasis, Response to their environment, Ability to adapt are all characteristics of
What are the characteristics of living things?
A disease that occurs at a greater than normal frequency for a given area is called a/an
what is an epidemic
produced when macrophages release the protein pyrogen
what is fever?
A group of antimicrobial proteins that form a hole in bacteria, causing the bacteria to swell and burst is known as
what are complement proteins?
This type of immunity can be called nonspecific and refers to the body's defenses that are present since birth.
What is innate immunity?
Treat bacterial infections
What are antibiotics?
There is a proofreading mechanism to prevent mistakes made while replicating
What are DNA viruses
small molecule secreted by cytotoxic T cell that can pass through the pore of the cell. and cause cell death from within
What is granzyme
The cells in charge of antibody mediated immunity
what are B-cells?
A mother breastfeeding her infant son and transferring crucial antibodies to him
What is passive immunity?
A characteristics of living things that best explains why humans sweat when they get hot
what is homeostasis?
organisms that cause disease and sometimes death.
what is a pathogen?
The main chemical secreted by mast cells involved in allergic reactions
What is histamine
the protein that is a a self marker
what is MHC?
Enzyme makes DNA viruses less prone to mutation
What is DNA polymerase?
A characteristic of living things best explains why birds fly south for the winter.
What is the response to the environment?
cocci, rods, spiral
What are the shapes of bacteria?
the cells of your second line of defense that destroy cells infected by the pathogen but destroy many healthy cells too
what are natural killer cells?
A signal molecule produced by CD4 cells that stimulates various immune system activities
what is cytokine?
When Ro is equal to 1
What is a disease spreading at a constant rate?
A process when the cell wraps its plasma membrane around the virus (pathogen) and pulls it into the cell
what is endocytosis?
redness, swelling and warmth
what is inflammation?
skin, ear wax, stomach acid, tears
what is your first line of defense?
produced and matured in bone marrow, stored in lymph nodes
what are B-cells
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine for COVID-19 used this technology that
What is the manipulation of the DNA of an adenovirus?