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Intro to immunology
What is immunology from a histori...,
What are some classic examples of...,
Explain the principle of vaccines...
17  cards
Cells, tissues, and organs of the immune system
Which are the primary lymphoid or...,
Name three key,
Something about the thymus
30  cards
The innate immune system
There are several families of inn...,
The anatomical barriers make up t...,
What are the general characterist...
35  cards
The complement system
What is the complement system,
The proteins in the complement sy...,
Where are the complement proteins...
32  cards
Recognition, response and receptor organization.
Describe and compare the terms af...,
Ligand receptor binding inducesmo...,
Give one example of how cells can...
39  cards
MHC and antigen presentation
What does mhc stand for,
Describe the function of mch clas...,
Describe the structure of mhc cla...
34  cards
B-cell development, activation and differentiation
B cell development begins with a ...,
Wherer does development of b cell...,
What defines the different stages...
51  cards
T cell development, activation and differentiation
In which organs does the t cells ...,
How does the development of t cel...,
What commits a precursor cell to ...
47  cards
Effector responses
There are two types of effector r...,
What determines how an antibody c...,
Antibodies protects the host thro...
50  cards
Barrier immunity: gut, skin and lungs.
Name the five barrier organs of t...,
All of our barrier surfaces harbo...,
What does malt stand for
47  cards
Allergy and hypersensitivity
What is hypersesitivity,
Hypersensitivities are classicall...,
Describe the four different types...
47  cards
Viruses and vaccines
How many deaths worldwide are ass...,
Sometimes pathogens and infectiou...,
Which are the most common group o...
30  cards
Parasites
Microbes have co exsited with us ...,
Define parasitism,
There are two big groups of paras...
26  cards
Immunodeficiencies, tolerance and autoimmunity
What is the definition of immunod...,
There are two types of immunodefi...,
How are primary immunodeficiencie...
41  cards
Cancer
How do we view cancer from an imm...,
What is a neoplasm,
What is the difference between be...
24  cards

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