What is the System
What are infectious organisms and "foreign" invaders/ disease-causing agents?
Pathogens
What are viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens that trigger immune response?
Antigens.
What are three things that would boost your immune system?
1) Improve sleep 2)Better Sleep 3) Vaccines 4)Eat healthy 5) Don't smoke 6) Stay hydrated
What provides plenty of nutrients and energy to help your body and immune system?
Healthy food.
What is the minimum hours of sleep before immune system is decreased?
5 hours
What is the ability of the body to resist a specific pathogen?
Immunity
What are the two general categories of defense against infection?
Nonspecific and specific defenses.
What are three things that weaken your immune system?
1) Lack of sleep 2) Not eating enough 3)Dehydrated 4) Anxiety 5) Not getting enough exercise 6)Drinking alcohol 7) smoking
What helps your immune system and is easier to treat by discovering the disease earlier from this?
Regular checkups
What improves resistance by decreasing stress hormones and increasing immune cells?
Laughing
During Cell-Mediated Immunity the T- Cells divide into 4 different cell roles. Name them all.
1) Killer T- Cells 2) Helper T- Cells 3)PMemory T- Cells 4) Suppressor T- Cells
What is the specific defense that attacks only the disease causing agent and is triggered by antigens?
The immune response.
what is the second line of defense in the immune system?
The second line of defense in the immune system is an inflammatory response that uses phagocytes (White blood cells) to engulf and destroy the pathogens.
What slows and suppresses the immune system?
Drugs
What weakens your immune system by over-stressing it?
intense exercise/ too much caffeine