Immune System Disease
A disease causing organism which creates a response from the immune system.
Pathogen
A non-cellular immune response that occurs in the second line of defence.
Fever, compliment proteins, inflammation
An example of this occurs when a baby receives antibodies through the mother’s blood.
passive immunity
Your skin, mucus membranes and tears are all considered part of this.
"first layer of defence" of our immune system
Name 3 types of white blood cells
Neutrophils, Eosinophil, Natural Killer Cells, Macrophage
The name of the virus that caused the COVID pandemic.
SARS-Cov-2
This provides the body with a weakened or dead version of a pathogen so that it can develop an immune response.
Vaccine
What is the function of the immune system?
Defends body against disease using various mechanisms
Name 3 ways that bacteria can get into your body?
Through the nose, mouth, ears, broken skin etc.
The name of the process in which a macrophage engulfs a pathogen.
Phagocytosis
When the immune system fails to recognize the body’s own molecules as “self,” or belonging to the person. Instead, it attacks body cells as though they were dangerous pathogens.
Autoimmune diseases
Your body makes these in response to recognized antigens
Antibodies
Which drugs are used to help the immune system fight bacterial disease/infection by interfering with the cell wall.
Antibiotics
Trap and remove pathogens and other foreign materials that enter the mouth or nose
Mucus
I am a chemical marker that tells you what the pathogen is?
Antigen
Eosinophils mainly deal with what type of infections
Parasitic infections (larger pathogens)
large, Y-shaped molecules with only 1 specific type of antigen
Antibodies
How many diseases have been eradicated in humans by the use of vaccines?
One
Antibodies are able to limit the impact of pathogens how?
Binding to the antigens
What is the percentage of bacteria in your body that is good?
99%
What is the name of the virus that causes Rabies?
Lyssavirus
The chemical produced in the body during a reaction to an allergen such as pollen or pet dander.
Histamines
Antibodies form naturally after _________
Antibodies form 'artificially' after __________
Infections
Vaccinations
Works to move pathogens trapped in mucous away from and out of our body
Cilia
A person that studies the immune system is called?
Immunologist