the immediate defenses
a watery substance that comes out of your eye to clean it out
what are tears
an expansion of the ocular vessels resonding to infetion causing the classic red eye look
what are blood vessels
A y shaped cell made by white blood cells
what is a antibody
a nautral chemical that causes itchy ness and sweeling and redness
what is histamine
Special white blood cells in your conjunctiva like neutrophils and macrophages that fight against infections by swallowing and digesting pathogens
what is phagocytosis
a yellowish fluid that consists of dead white blood cells and batctira
what is pus
acting as a phiscal shield a thin clear mucous that covers the eye
what is the conjunctiva
where cell accumulate when there is an infection
what are lymph nodes
a natural antimicrobial enzyme that protects the body by destroying bacterial cell walls
what is lysozyme
Redness and itching of allergic pink eye get triggered when these specialized immune cells release histamines into the ocular tissue.
what are mast cells?