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Organs of the immune system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- bone marrow


- thymus

- spleen

- lymph nodes, tonsils, peyer patches


Bone marrow function in immune system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Responsible for

production of immune cells and the maturation of B cells


Thymus function in immune system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Provides site for t-cell

differentiation, maturation and selection (shrinks as we grow)


Spleen function in immune system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔contains blood filled

sinuses that filter antigens and cells from the blood

- red pulp (red blood cell storage and turnover)

- white pulp (where immune cell interaction occurs)


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,- those w/o spleen at increased risk for infection


Lymph nodes function in immune system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔antigens

interaction with immune cells


5 types of immunity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Natural (Innate resistance)


2. Active Acquired

3. Passive Acquired

4. Humoral

5. Cell-mediated


Normal function of T-lymphocyte - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- develop into several

subsets that identify and kill target cell (t-cytoxic)

- regulate immune response by helping clonal selection process (t-helper)

- Suppress/limit immune response (t-regulatory)


Normal function of B-lymphocyte - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔develop into plasma

cells that produce antibody


Natural Immunity AKA innate resistance immunity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔




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, Active Acquired Immunity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Produced by host after

exposure to an antigen (basis of vaccinations)


Passive Acquired Immunity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔acquired via the transfer of

antibodies or T-cells to recipient (mother to fetus, rabies)


Humoral Immunity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔conferred by B-cells; provides

immunity against some viral infections, toxin induced diseases and

diseases caused by pneumococci/meningicocci/hemophilus


Cell-mediated Immunity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔conferred by T-cells; active

against cells infected with IC bacteria or virues; responsible for organ

transplantation rejection


Antigen (def) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔describes a molecule that can reach with

binding sites on antibodies or antigen receptors on B&T cells


Self-antigen (def) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔part of individual's makeup that fulfills

all criteria EXCEPT foreignness and does not normally elicit immune

response


Allergen (def) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Antigen that induces allergic response




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