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Medicine and the Immune SystemQuestions are answered correctly.
Vaccines ANS - trigger a small immune response and produce memory B cells
What causes a common cold? ANS - pathogens
Virsues ANS - reproduce by using energy and materials from the cells
B cells ANS - make defense molecules; antibodies
Antibodies ANS - proteins that are carried through the body by the bloodstream; attach to antigens
Antigens ANS - made by pathogens; helps macrophages recognize the pathogen (which are then
destroyed)
How does the body repel viruses? ANS - Killer T cells have the ability to notice virus-infected cells from
uninfected cells; (infected cells put molecules that come from pathogens on the outside of their cell
membrane) the Killer T cells recognize molecules that are on the outside of the cell membrane and they
destroy the infected cells
Why are antibiotics ineffective towards viruses? ANS - antibiotics only kill bacteria, not viruses
Stressors ANS - little sleep, smoking, drugs, anxiety, etc.
AIDS ANS - causes damage to the immune system; caused by HIV
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