UNIT D - (Immune System) Flashcards
What is another system of vessels called?
The lymphatic system - (which is associated with the capillaries and veins.)
What is pathogen?
It’s any potentially harmful microbes that enter your body — (these are the things your body wants to prevent, from entering the body) eg. bacteria, fungi, protist, viruses, etc
What do lymphatic systems help maintain?
The balance of fluids in the body
An individual with blood group B has antigen ________ and will produce antibody
anti-A antibodies
A small injected dose of a pathogen that stimulates the production of antibodies is:
The vaccine
An organism that enters a life form and causes disease or sickness is a/an:
Pathogen
Proteins produced by your immune system in response to an antigen, that bind to and aid in the elimination of the pathogen is an?
Antibody
What are the first line of defense in the immune system?
Saliva, Tears – (containing enzyme: Lysozyme), Mucus, Stomach, cilia – cough, etc
What chemical do mass cells produce?
Histamine
What is the function of the mass cell?
It’s to send commination signals to (red blood) cells to notify that pathogens has breached the first line of defense
What is the second line of defense called?
The Inflammatory Response
The immune system responds to antigens by producing cells that directly attack the pathogen, or by producing special proteins called?
Antibodies
The main cells of the immune system are lymphocytes known as?
B cells and T cells
Which blood types could safely be given to someone with O+ blood?
O positive or O negative blood types
What is the function of B cells?
To produces antibodies aka plasma cells
