immunity Flashcards

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immunity

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Ability to resist damage or to recover from damage

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innate immunity

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non specific
All humans are born with it

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specific or adaptive immunity

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When we get sick with a illness our body gets antibodies to a specific illness It makes it much stronger

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kinds of innate immunity

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-physical barriers: skin or mucous surrounding cavity
-chemical mediator; cytokines chem that provokes phagocytosis
-complement protein
cells that fight: monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils
inflammation, pain, heat, swelling, redness
redness= realize of histamine and the extra blood will bring more gas nutrients and antibiotic activity
pain= reminder be more careful
heat: inhibit growth of bacteria evelopment

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B lymphocytes

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adaptive immunity cell type
responsible for humoral immunity
make antibodies and produce memory b cells
they are long lived cells that remember what antibodies to create for specific illness

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T lymphocytes and types

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produced in bone marrow
responsible for cellular mediator immunity
types
cytotoxic t cells: kill only bad cells they are specifically made for
bilepen t cells: recreate lymphokines
sypressor t cells: supress immune response when threat is over

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