The ______ consists of cells, proteins, and supporting systems that kill or neutralize invaders, react to allergens and chemicals and monitor the body for cancer - Answer-immune system
Three major, beneficial roles of the immune system are: - Answer--fights pathogens
-inactivates toxins and vir...
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The ______ consists of cells, proteins, and supporting systems that kill or neutralize
invaders, react to allergens and chemicals and monitor the body for cancer - Answer-
immune system
Three major, beneficial roles of the immune system are: - Answer--fights pathogens
-inactivates toxins and viruses
-monitors for cancer
The disadvantages of the immune system: - Answer--Allergies
-hypersensitive response
-autoimmune disease
When the body attacks tissue in the joints - Answer-RA
When the body attacks the brain and spinal cord - Answer-MS
When the body destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas - Answer-Type 1
diabetes
When the body produces antibodies against its own DNA, causing chronic fatigue -
Answer-Lupus
_____ immunity is the body's natural immunity - the immunity someone is born with -
Answer-innate
Innate immunity is also called _____ immunity - Answer-non-specific
____ immunity is a more specific, tailor-made type of immunity that develops after an
individual is exposed to a pathogen - Answer-acquired
Acquired immunity is also called ______ immunity - Answer-adaptive
-First line of defense
-Second line of defense - Answer-innate immunity
third line of defense = - Answer-acquired immunity
barrier defenses: skin, mucous membranes - Answer-first line of defense
-phagocytosis
-inflammation
, -extracellular killing
-fever
-complement system - Answer-second line of defense
-humoral immunity
-cell-mediated immunity - Answer-third line of defense
Involves B cells and T cells - Answer-third line of defense
_______ immunity is against extracellular pathogens via the activation of B cells, which
produce antibodies and memory cells - Answer-humoral
_______ immunity is against intracellular pathogens, using cytotoxic T cells and natural
killer cells that kill altered cells, infected cells, or cancer cells - Answer-cell-mediated
The ______ system consists of lymphatic organs and a conducting network of lymphatic
vessels that carry lymph - Answer-lymphatic
foreign molecules that elicit an immune response - Answer-antigens
_____ are large, complex molecules because that have to be large enough for the body
to recognize them - Answer-antigens
Bone marrow and thymus = - Answer-primary lymphatic tissues and organs
are involved in the production, maturations, and differentiation of lymphocytes - Answer-
primary lymphatic tissues and organs
initiate an adaptive immune response by encountering and binding antigens - Answer-
secondary lymphatic tissues and organs
pea sized organs that filter the lymph for the presence of antigens and initiate a
response - Answer-lymph nodes
the white pulp filters the blood for the presence of antigens - Answer-spleen
fight against inhaled pathogens - Answer-tonsils
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