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Immunity

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Immunity   INNATE IMMUNITY  
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What is Immunity?   Ability to resist damage from foreign substances as microorganisms and harmful chemicals  
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Innate Immunity   -Innate or nonspecific resistance =Mechanical mechanisms: Prevent entry or remove microbes =Chemical mediators: Promote phagocytosis and inflammation -Cells: Involved in phagocytosis and production of chemicals  
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Adaptive or specific immunity   Specificity: Ability to recognize a particular substance Memory: Ability to remember previous encounters with a particular substance and respond rapidly  
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Inflammatory Response --Tissue injury regardless of type can cause inflammation   Response initiated by chemical mediators that produce vasodilation, chemotactic attraction, increased vascular permeability Types -Local: Symptoms are redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of functn -Systemic: Symptoms are increase in neutrophil numbers,  
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Innate Immunity: Cells   -White blood cells Most important cellular components of immune system -Methods *Chemotaxis *Phagocytosis *Neutrophils -Phagocytic and first cells to enter infected tissue  
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Innate Immunity Cells II   -Macrophages -Monocytes that leave blood, enter tissues -Large phagocytic cells -Basophils and mast cells >Promote inflammation -Eosinophils >Reduce inflammation -Natural killer cells >Lyse tumor and virus-infected cells  
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Antigenic Determinants   -Antigenic determinants =Specific regions of a given antigen recognized by a lymphocyte -Antigenic receptors =Surface of lymphocyte that combines with antigenic determinant  
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