immune system Flashcards
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Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Allergies
Antigen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Injection of weakened or dead microorganism that helps your bo…
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
"flag" for the immune system
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Injection of weakened or dead microorganism that helps your bo…
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
An organism that causes disease
injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce…
Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
An organism that causes disease
Vaccination
injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce…
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccine
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Injection of a dead of weakened pathogen to build immunity.
made by your body to label a dangerous pathoge
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccine
Injection of a dead of weakened pathogen to build immunity.
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Cytotoxic T-Cells
Helper T-Cells
Signals from Helper T-Cells
Reason a Helper T-Cell can activate imm…
attack infected cells through cell-mediated immune response
Signals Cytotoxic T-Cell in order to active it.... Trigger both h…
1. Initiate the production of antibodies that neutralize patho…
1. Foreign molecule can bind specifically to the antigen recep…
Cytotoxic T-Cells
attack infected cells through cell-mediated immune response
Helper T-Cells
Signals Cytotoxic T-Cell in order to active it.... Trigger both h…
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
An organism that causes disease (bacteria, virus, fungi)
injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce…
Specialized "Y" shaped proteins that aid in destroying infecti…
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
An organism that causes disease (bacteria, virus, fungi)
Vaccination
injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce…
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: sickness makers- these cause infectious diseases... bacteria…
Helps your body create antibodies... PREVENTION... A dead or weake…
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens... Your body MAKES antib…
An over reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. poll…
Pathogen
aka: sickness makers- these cause infectious diseases... bacteria…
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies... PREVENTION... A dead or weake…
pathogen
antigen
antibody
infectious disease
A disease causing agent
A foreign substance, microorganism that triggers the immune re…
A protein produced by some white blood cells to attack specifi…
A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread…
pathogen
A disease causing agent
antigen
A foreign substance, microorganism that triggers the immune re…
innate immunity
acquired immunity
lymphocytes
antibodies
Immunity that is present before exposure to a pathogen and eff…
Immunity that is present only after exposure to a pathogen and…
A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies to fight off…
Protein that is produced by lymphocytes and that attaches to a…
innate immunity
Immunity that is present before exposure to a pathogen and eff…
acquired immunity
Immunity that is present only after exposure to a pathogen and…
innate immunity
acquired immunity
plasma cell
antibodies
Immunity that is present before exposure to a pathogen and eff…
Immunity that is present only after exposure to a pathogen and…
A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies to fight off…
Protein that is produced by plasma cells and that attaches to…
innate immunity
Immunity that is present before exposure to a pathogen and eff…
acquired immunity
Immunity that is present only after exposure to a pathogen and…
Pathogen
Antigen
Spleen
Thymus
an organism that causes disease ie: bacteria, virus, fungi, pr…
a molecule (usually protein and polysaccharide) located on the…
located on the left upper quadrant of the abdomen -the largest…
a specialized bi-lobed lymphoid organ where the T cells or T l…
Pathogen
an organism that causes disease ie: bacteria, virus, fungi, pr…
Antigen
a molecule (usually protein and polysaccharide) located on the…
Pathogen
infectious disease
bacteria
virus
An organism that causes disease
A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread…
one-celled microorganisms, some of which cause a wide variety…
A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces in…
Pathogen
An organism that causes disease
infectious disease
A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread…
immune system
pathogen
antigen
antibody
body system that protects the body from pathogens with physica…
any organism that causes disease Ex. virus, bacteria, fungi
protein on the outside of a cell or pathogen that causes antib…
proteins made by WBC's to mark pathogens for destruction, shap…
immune system
body system that protects the body from pathogens with physica…
pathogen
any organism that causes disease Ex. virus, bacteria, fungi
antibody
antigen
antibiotic
allergic reaction
Specialized Y-shaped proteins (molecules) produced by white bl…
proteins on the cell membrane surface of a pathogen; the part…
Medications that kill bacteria (NOT VIRUSES). Some bacteria ar…
response of the human immune system to usually harmless enviro…
antibody
Specialized Y-shaped proteins (molecules) produced by white bl…
antigen
proteins on the cell membrane surface of a pathogen; the part…
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
Produced by B cells; attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
_____ are harmful microscopic enemies t…
what are leukocytes?
leukocytes are produced by _____ in red…
lymphocytes are special types of leukoc…
pathogens
white blood cells (WBCs)
hematopoiesis... (red bone marrow tends to concentrate at the en…
lymphatic
_____ are harmful microscopic enemies t…
pathogens
what are leukocytes?
white blood cells (WBCs)
Pathogen
Vaccination
Antibodies
Allergies
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Helps your body create antibodies
attach to, and kill, specific pathogens
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
Pathogen
aka: germs- these cause infectious diseases
Vaccination
Helps your body create antibodies
Pathogen
Vaccination
Allergies
Antigen
An organism that causes disease
Injection of weakened or dead microorganism that helps your bo…
A reaction to something that is not dangerous (i.e. pollen)
substance that triggers an immune response
Pathogen
An organism that causes disease
Vaccination
Injection of weakened or dead microorganism that helps your bo…