Secondary non-specific defenses Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
What is an antigen?
A
A chemical marker made by proteins or glycoproteins that are specific to an organism.
2
Q
What do opsonins do?
A
Tag a pathogen to make them more visible to phagocytes
3
Q
What are the two types of phagocytes?
A
neutrophils, and macrophages
4
Q
Which type of phagocyte is the most common?
A
neutrophils
5
Q
Which type of phagocyte has a lobed nucleus?
A
neutrophils
6
Q
Which type of phagocyte starts out as a monocyte in the bone marrow?
A
a macrophage
7
Q
Which phagocyte is short lived?
A
neutrophil
8
Q
Which structure is formed when a phagocyte engulfs a bacterium?
A
phagosome
9
Q
what happens when a lysosome fuses with a phagosome?
A
phagolysosome
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