Immune System Basic
What is the main function of the immune system?
To protect the body from harmful pathogens
What is the Immunity you're born with
What is innate immunity?
Any organism that causes disease is classified as a...
A Pathogen
This reflex helps clear pathogens from the nose...
What is sneezing?
A baby gets antibodies from breast milk, what immunity do they get?
What is natural passive immunity?
What is the largest organ involved in the immune defense
What is the skin?
What is the Immunity that you develop over time?
What is adaptive immunity
HIV attacks and weakens this immune cell.
What is CD4?
This is the body's first line of defense...
What is the skin?
You get chickenpox once and never again...
What is natural active immunity?
Tiny invaders that can cause illness
What are pathogens?
This type of immunity is received from another source.
What is passive immunity?
Sexually transmitted diseases are most commonly transmitted by...
What is direct contact
This is the body's natural response to injury or infection...
What is inflammation?
Carmela is a hemophiliac, meaning she has a condition in which her blood doesn't clot properly. Every week, she receives a Factor VIII transfusion, or a synthetic clotting agent, to help her immune system be able to make platelets. What immunity is this?
What is active and artificial.
Most Pathogens cannot withstand what conditions?
What is Acidic conditions?
This type of immunity gives you long-term protection.
What is active immunity?
In this disease, the immune system attacks the body's own tissues.
What is an autoimmune disease?
What does a fever fight against when its body temperature is raised to aid in fighting pathogens?
What is an infection?
You recover from COVID-19 and then get vaccinated. What immunity do you have?
What are natural and artifical active immunity.
What organ produces T-cells?
what is the thymus?
These two types of immunity can be both be either passive or active.
What is natural and artificial immunity
What are the three most common bacterial STI's
What is gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis
What are the three physical barriers?
Physical and chemical barriers, Non-specific innate responses and Specific adaptive immunity
A fetus growing in the womb receives antibodies from the placenta attached to the umbilical cord. What immunity are these?
Passive and natural.