Immunity
What kind of immunity is the first to respond to a pathogen?
innate immunity
What type of infection does an HIV positive person get?
Opportunistic
Most abundant immunoglobulin
IgG
What does "itis" mean?
The process of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms.
Apoptosis
A dad reports that his daughter was exposed to chicken pox at daycare. What kind of immunity is this?
Bacteria on fungi that lives on our skin, but does not interfere with normal functioning?
Flora
Antibody found in body secretions (saliva, sweat, tears, mucus, bile, colostrum (early breast milk)
IgA
What does "emia" mean?
In the blood
Main producer of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) needed for cellular energy
Mitochondria
Which cells mature in the thymus gland?
What type of organism is lice?
Parasite
How many different species of bacteria live in the large intestine?
over 300
What means bacterial toxins in the blood?
Sepsis or septicemia
Sites for protein synthesis
Ribosomes
Defends against colonization esp. in early phases of inflammation
Neutrophils
A virus that quickly spreads to others has what?
High virulence
What stage of infection do you return to health?
Recovery
In studying bacteria, which word means has oxygen?
Aerobic
Generated in the cell’s mitochondria
ATP
Which immunity is only temporary?
Passive immunity
Abnormally shaped versions of your own proteins
Prions
What stage of an infection do you have initial mild symptoms?
Prodromal
Chemical mediators that help regulate many cell functions and participate in the inflammatory response
Prostaglandins
When some particles need a transport protein to pass through the cell membrane (maybe b/c too big or not lipid soluble)
Facilitated diffusion