Vocabulary

Question 1

Immunology

Answer 1

The study of the body’s natural defense against disease

Question 2

immunity

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Ability of host to resist a particular disease or infection

Question 3

Antigen

Answer 3

Foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body

Question 4

Hematopoesis

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Development of white blood cells in bone marrow of mammals

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Phagocytosis

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the process of engulfing a solid particle

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Pyrogen

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a substance, typically produced by a bacterium, that produces fever when introduced or released into the blood

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Lysozyme

Answer 7

an enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria

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Lactoferrin

Answer 8

A secretion with bactericidal and iron-binding properties

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Mast Cells

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Specialized tissue cells that trigger local inflammatory responses

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Basophils

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White blood cell that functions in inflammatory events and allergies

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Eosinophils

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White blood cells that are active in worm and fungal infections, allergy, and inflammation

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Neutrophils

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Blood phagocytes, very effective at chemotaxis, and engulfing and killing bacteria

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Monocytes

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Blood phagocytes that rapidly leave the circulation and mature into macrophages and dendritic cells

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Macrophages

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Large phagocyte that specializes in ingesting and killing foreign cells and critical to specific immune
responses

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Dendritic cells

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Heterogeneous population of cells that reside throughout the tissues and are responsible for processing
antigen and presenting it to lymphocytes

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Antigen

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A foreign substances that induces an immune response in the body

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Epitope

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The part of an antigen that is recognized by a specific antibody

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Lymph

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A fluid derived from the tissues of the body, resembling blood plasma and containing white blood cells, and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessel

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Cluster of Differentiation-

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A protocol used for the identification and investigation of cell surface
molecules providing targets for immunophenotyping of cells

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Leucocytes

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cells of the immune system involved in defending the body against both infectious disease

Question 21

Lymphoctes

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A cell of the adaptive immune system

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Cytokine

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Signaling molecules secreted by certain cells of the immune system and have a direct effect
on other cells

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Chemokines

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Ability to induce directed chemotaxis in nearby responsive cells

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Cytotoxic

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Toxic to living cells

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Clonal Expansion

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An immunological response in which lymphocytes stimulated by antigen proliferate
and amplify the population of relevant cells.

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Opsonization

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The process by which a pathogen is marked for ingestion and destruction by a phagocyte

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Agglutination

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A reaction in which particles suspended in a liquid collect into clumps