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Redness, heat, swelling, and pain are the four most common indicators of
What is acute inflammation?
The four most common indicators of the inflammatory response
What is redness, heat, swelling and pain?
The body's first line of defense against the invasion of disease-causing microorganisms
What is skin and mucous membranes?
Place that B cells develop immunocompetence
What is bone marrow?
Active immunity to tetanus, whooping cough, and polio can be artificially acquired when we receive ________.
What is vaccines?
The best graft to have so as to avoid rejection of a transplanted tissue
What is an autograft?
Allergic contact dermatitis following skin contact with poison ivy would normally lead to
What is delayed hypersensitivity?
A(n) ________ is any substance capable of mobilizing our immune system and provoking an immune response.
What is antigen?
The adaptive (specific) defense system job
What is issues an attack specific to particular foreign substances?
The following substances will likely trigger the immune response
What is pollen grains, bacteria, fungi or virus particles?
The origin of lymphatic vessels
What is the veins of the blood vascular system?
Type of cell that specializes in killing virus-infected, cancer, or foreign graft cells directly
What is cytotoxic T cells?
The following is often used to treat allergies
What is antihistamines?
This would not trigger the immune system
What is self antigens?
Located in the wall of the small intestines
What is Peyers Patches?
Hannah has an auto-immune disease in which the beta cells of the pancreas are destroyed. As a result, she does not make enough insulin. Name this disorder:
What is type I diabetes mellitus?
The following diseases multiple sclerosis, Graves' disease, type I diabetes mellitus & rheumatoid arthritis are
What is autoimmune diseases?
The purpose of fever
What is inhibits bacterial reproduction and speeds the repair process?
Tissue grafts harvested from a different animal species
What are xenografts?
Due to a recent respiratory illness from a viral infection, Jennifer has now developed
What is naturally acquired active immunity?
The process by which neutrophils are squeezed through the capillary walls during the inflammatory process
What is diapedisis?
Systemic (body-wide) acute allergic response caused by allergens that directly enter the blood, as with certain bee stings or spider bites
What is anaphylactic shock?
AIDS cripples the immune system by interfering with the activity of these cells
What is helper T cells?
Destroys worn-out blood cells and returns some of their break-down products to the liver & located on the left side of the abdominal cavity
What is the spleen?
Antibody-antigen interaction results when a foreign blood type is transfused and clumped
What is agglutination?