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defense mechanisms we are born with. Innate (natural) resistance


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body's physical barriers; immediate and non- 1st line of resistance
specific


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inflammation; immediate and non-specific 2nd line of resistance


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3RD line of defense; delayed and specific; able Acquired (adaptive) immunity
to resist certain diseases or conditions due to
immunocyte involvement


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skin and mucous membranes First line of defense


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lacerations, abrasions, punctures Stressors that can breach skin
defense


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tears, eyelashes Eye's defense


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dry eye syndrome, sjogren's syndrome sressors that can breach eye's
defense

, Question: Answer:
autoimmune disease that dries up all lubricating Sjogren's syndrome
fluids in the body


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mucus and hair in nose; cilia of cells in bronchi; respiratory system defenses
cough reflex


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saliva, stomach acid, gag reflex/vomiting, GI system defenses
bowels, defecation


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urine flow, vaginal secretions Genitourinary system defenses


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second line of defense; state on Innate defense; Inflammation
immediate and nonspecific


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swelling, heat, redness and pain S/S of inflammation


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first line of defense (skin) is breached with a Inflammation Example 1
laceration -->clot formation to stop bleeding--
>scab formed to seal breach


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meningitis microbe is inhaled (breaches 1st line Inflammation Example 2
of defense mucous membranes)-->inflammation-
->inflammation can't heal on it's own and calls in
3rd line of defense (immunocyte response)--
>acquired immunity

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