General
Autoimmune diseases are diseases that effect the function of the immune system. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is often given this abbreviation.
This organ filters and recycles old red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
Name three surface barriers.
What are skin, mucous membranes, gastric Juices, lacrimal secretion, and saliva?
These provoke immune responses.
What are antigens?
This lymphocyte type divides into plasma cells that are identical in function.
What are B-cells?
The immune system shares many organs and functions with this system.
What is the Lymphatic System?
The tonsils produce these to prevent respiratory diseases.
What are antibodies?
This chemical increases resistance to acids on the skin.
What is keratin?
This property allows the immune system to mount a stronger defense after initial exposure.
What is "memory"?
These hunt down and and kill infected or cancerous cells.
What are Killer T Cells?
A bacteria, virus, or microorganism that can cause disease are referred to as this.
What is a pathogen?
The lymph nodes are located in this region.
What is the head and neck region?
This defense engulfs and destroys pathogens that break surface.
What are phagocytes?
These are the two types of lymphocytes.
What are B cells and T cells?
These are considered to be the most important cells in the adaptive immune system.
What are helper T cells?
Describe the function of the immune system.
What is to protect against the body foreign substances and cells by triggering the immune response?
This organ accepts immature T-cells and then trains them into mature cells that attack pathogens.
What is the thymus?
These secrete hydrochloric acid and protein-digesting enzymes.
What are mucous membranes?
These are incomplete antigens that require a carrier protein.
What are haptens?
It takes this long to form plasma cells.
What is 5 days or 8 cell cycles?
Name three organs of the immune system.
What are tonsils, thymus, lymph nodes, lymph vessels, spleen, and bone marrow?
This organ fights bacteria that that can cause pneumonia and meningitis.
What is the spleen?
This group of cells that lyse and kill cancer and infected body cells.
What are Natural Killer (NK) cells?
This means to be directed against particular antigens.
What is antigen-specific?