Structures
The largest organ in the body, which protects it from external threats and dangers (including bacteria).
What is Skin?
The body's response to infection, injury, and foreign invaders which often leaves pain and swelling.
What is inflammation?
This cell, produced in the bone marrow, helps defeat Viruses and Bacteria.
What are Lymphocytes?
The messenger of the immune system. This cell helps coordinate the body's responses to invaders.
What are Helper T-cells?
Sticky and Icky...The tissue that lines your nose, organs (Stomach and Intestines), and even your ears.
What are the Mucous Membranes?
Phagocytes are hungry, and so are the Amoeboid Protozoans. They need something (Like bacteria) to eat.
What is Phagocytosis?
This cell helps take down bacteria by absorbing them through Phagocytosis. They are so important in the process that it is named after them.
What are Phagocytes?
Long-lived cells that help respond to previously encountered invaders in the body.
What are memory B-cells?
Tonsils (The masses on the sides of the throat that defend against infections), among other parts of the Lymphatic System, are called this.
What are Lymph Nodes?
This reaction occurs when B-cells start to produce antibodies to protect against bacteria and other invaders.
What is Humoral Response?
This cell helps digest invaders alongside another important cell in Phagocytosis. They also ingest other dead cells and detect invaders.
What are Macrophages?
Cells that recall certain encounters with invaders, and then turn into cells that will quickly deal with them.
What are Memory T-cells?
The organ that filters blood, making sure that it does not contain bacteria and foreign substances.
What is the Spleen?
The reaction when T-cells come out to play with the strongest invaders, like Cancer and Fungi, in infected cells.
What is a Cell-mediated Response?
"Call and Response"...The Foreign Substance and What Neutralizes It.
What are Antigens and Antibodies?