Share Immmunity quiz. 3º ESO
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Any foreign material that can get inside your body and make you sick is called a
pathogen
Give an example of a surface barrier that prevents pathogens from entering the body
skin, mucous, tears
T cells are made in _____ and mature in ____
bone marrow, thymus
Give an example of an autoimmune disorder
rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis
An antigen is
any molecule that the body recognizes as foreign
Memory cells play a vital immune role
in specific immunity, when you are exposed to a pathogen for the second time
Cytotoxic T cells protect the body by
attacking some tumor cells and transplanted tissue cells, as well as cells infected by viruses
What develops after the primary immune response?
memory cells, secondary immune response
The kind of cell that produces large numbers of antibodies is the
B lymphocyte
What is phagocytosis?
process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles
What is a phagocyte cell?
A type of white blood cell that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells.
What are lymphocytes?
Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell
What does an antibody do?
bind like a lock-and-key to pathogen and kill them
Also called adaptive immunity.
acquired immunity
The name of the late stages of HIV infection
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
A protein secreted by B lymphocytes
antibody
