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Immune System
AP Bio Ch. 43
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Innate Immunity | recognition of traits shared by broad ranges of pathogens, using a small set of receptors/ rapid response |
| Adaptive Immunity (vertebrates only) | recognition of traits specific to particular pathogens, using a vast array of receptors/ slower resonse |
| Barrier Defenses: | skin, mucous membranes, secretions |
| Internal Defenses: | Phagocytic cells, Natural Killer Cells, antimicrobial proteins, inflammatory response |
| Humoral Response: | Antibodies defend against infection in body fluids |
| Cell-mediated Response: | cytotoxic cells defend against infection in body cells |
| neutrophils | attracted by signals from infected tissues and then engulf and destroy the infecting pathogens |
| macrophages | big eaters |
| dendritic cells | stimulate adaptive immunity against pathogens they encounter and engulf |
| natural killer cells | detect abnormal array of surface proteins characteristic of some virus-infected and cancerous cells |
| eosinophils | defend against multicellular invaders, like parasitic worms |