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Innate and Adaptive
The two types of immune mechanisms.
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Adaptive Immunity
Mechanisms that recognize specific threatening agents and respond by targeting them.
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Interferon
Protein that prevents viruses from multiplying in cells.
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Clone
A family of cells, all of which have descended from one cell.
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Antigen
Macromolecules that induce an immune response and identify cells as 'self' or 'non-self'.
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Effector Cell
A B or T cell that is actively producing an immune response.
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Artificial Immunity
Immunity that occurs by exposure to harmful antigens through immunization.
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Allergy
Hypersensitivity of the immune system to relatively harmless environmental antigens.
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IgG
Antibody that makes up 75% of all antibodies in the blood and can cross the placental barrier.
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IgE
Antibody that can produce major harmful effects associated with allergies.
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IgM
Antibody produced by immature B cells and predominant after initial contact with an antigen.
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IgA
Antibody present in mucous membranes, saliva, and tears.
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Diapedesis
Movement of phagocytes through blood vessels and into inflamed tissues.
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Complement
Inactive enzymes that lyse foreign cells.
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Species Resistance
Resistance provided by genetic characteristics against certain pathogens.
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Chemotaxis
Attraction of additional WBCs to an area of inflammation in response to mediators.
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Thymus
Organ that raises immature T cells to maturity.
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Lymph
Fluid that fills spaces between cells.
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Antigens
Proteins that are recognized by the immune system as foreign.
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Macrophages
Cells that fight microbes and are found in the spleen, red bone marrow, and lymph nodes.
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First Line of Defense
Physical barriers such as skin and mucous membranes.
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Nonspecific Defenses
Anatomical barriers and defense mechanisms that cannot distinguish threats.
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Hem lymph from blood
Difference in protein content between lymph and plasma.
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T-helper Cells
Cell that assists in the regulation and coordination of the immune response.
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Spleen
Organ containing the largest collection of lymphoid tissue in the body.
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