Chapter 33 Keywords Flashcards
relating to a specified or particular thing
Specific
A group of plasma proteins that plays a major role in an animal’s defensive immune response
Complement System
A glycoprotein that has nonspecific antiviral activity by stimulating cells to produce antiviral proteins
Interferon
A small secondary lymphoid organ that contains lymphocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells
Lymphnode
Any virus, bacterium, or other agent that causes disease
Pathogen
An antigen-presenting cell that has long membrane extensions resembling the dendrites of neurons
Dendritic cell
The endocytotic process in which a cell encloses large particles in a membrane-delimited phagocytic vacuole or phagosome and engulfs them
Phagocytosis
A white blood cell that produces vasoactive molecules (e.g., histamine) and stores them in vacuoles near the cell membrane where they are released upon cell stimulation by external triggers
Mast Cell
A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of function
Inflammation
The name for a large mononuclear phagocytic cell, present in blood, lymph, and other tissues
Macro Phage
A glycoprotein produced by macrophages and T cells that regulates growth and differentiation, particularly of lymphocytes
Interleukin
not caused by a specific agent
Nonspecific
Any of several regulatory proteins, such as the interleukins and lymphokines, that are released by cells of the immune system and act as intercellular mediators in the generation of an immune response
Cytokine
A complex physiological response to disease mediated by pyrogenic cytokines and characterized by a rise in core body temperature and activation of the immune system.
Fever
The process by which blood cells develop into specific lineages from stem cells.
Hematopoesis
