Immune System Vocab 1
The body system that fights infection and prevents illnesses.
What is the immune system?
Which of the following is not considered a part of the non-specific immune system?
a. Antibodies
b. The skin
c. Phagocytes
d. Stomach Acid
Antibodies
Which of the following is an example of the body's specific immune response?
a. swelling
b. production of antibodies
c. phagocytosis
d. fever
b. production of antibodies
Skin, Mucus, cilia, sweat, silivia
What are external defenses?
A bacteria, virus, or any microorganism that can cause disease.
What are pathogens?
Also known as white blood cells, they assist in the killing of pathogens that enter the body.
What are phagocytes?
The specific immune response is also known as ____ immunity.
Adaptive
Barriers to prevent pathogens getting in the body
What are external defenses
Y-shaped protein that is made in response to the presence of a specific antigen. It identifies and latches onto specific antigens in order to remove them from the body.
What is an antibody?
Phagocytes perform which of the following functions in the human body?
a. They produce antibodies.
b. They bind to antigens and develop into plasma cells.
c. They form a barrier against pathogens.
d. They engulf and destroy bacteria.
d. They engulf and destroy bacteria.
What is responsible for creating antibodies to protect the body against foreign particles?
B-cells
skin, mucus, salivia, stomach acid
What is the 1st Line of defense
Any substance that causes your body to produce an immune response and produce antibodies.
What are antigens?
Blocks pathogens from entering the body. Has oils and sweat which kill off bacteria, pathogens, and germs.
What is the skin?
After an initial infection, B-cells recognize the measles virus. How is this helpful in human immune response?
a. The B-cells use this recognition to defend the body against other pathogens, such as bacteria.
b. The B-cells produce antibodies more quickly if the measles virus is encountered again.
c. The B-cells more quickly recognize and respond to any other virus that invades the body.
d. The B-cells transfer this recognition to T-cells, which will then devour the viruses.
b. The B-cells produce antibodies more quickly if the measles virus is encountered again.
1st Line fo Defense is also called....
What is the extrenal defense?
A type of white blood cell that participates in the specific, internal immune response
What are T lymphocyte cells?
2nd Line of Defense is also called....
What is the inflammatory response?
system that supports the immune system is by carrying immune cells to their destinations
What is the Circulatory system?
phagocytic cells, natural killer cells, antimicrobial proteins, inflammatory response
What are internal defenses?