Describe innate immunity and give examples (some notecards some not)

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innate immunity

bodies first line of defense that is nonspecific attacking many different germs not just one targeted pathogen 

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innate immunity has

physical and chemical barriers along with macrophages and natural killer cells

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macrophages

type of white blood cell that eats and destroys germs that arise from monocyts

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what do macrophages do

they phagocytize pathogens and release cytokines

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Phagocytize

engulf eat pathogens

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cytokines

chemical messengers to show where infection is

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natural killer cells

destroys tumor cells and virus infected cells