lymphatic system
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Injection of antibodies | Artificial passive immunity |
| Nonspecific immunity | General protection |
| mothers milk | natural passive immunity |
| immunization | Artificial active exposure |
| specific immunity | adaptive immunity |
| antibodies | a protien compound normally found in the body |
| monoclonal | type of very specific antibodies produced from a population of identical cells |
| humoral immunity | antibody-mediated immunity |
| complement cascade | process of changing molecule shape to expose binding sites |
| pregnancy | the test hCG is for |
| complement | inactive protiens in blood |
| lymphocyte | most numerous cell of the immune system |
| Activated b cells | occurs third in the immune process |
| antibodies | which is produced in the last stage of the immune process |
| increase white blood cells | moderate exercize does what to the white blood cells? |
| antibodies | part of the cell membrane on a b cell |
| immature b cells | which cell has one specific kind of defense mechanism on the cell membrane |
| plasma cells | what cell produces the largest number of antibodies |
| humoral immunity | b cells indirectly produce what kind of immunity |
| cell mediated immunity | t cells function produces what kind of immunity |
| thymus gland | where do lymphocytes come from? |
| plasma cells | what secretes antibodies into the blood.. 2,000 antibody molecules for every second they live |
| azt | blocks HIVs ability to reproduce within infected cells |
| defense, white blood cell formation and biological filtration | functions of the lymph nodes |
| palantine, pharyneal and lingual | name 3 tonsils |
| t cells | what produces cell mediated immunity, kills invading cells by releasing a substance that poisons cells, releases chemical that attract and activate macrophages to kill cells by phagocytosis |
| skin, tears and mucous and inflammation | name 3 examples of non specefic immunity |
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