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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonspecific Defenses | responds immediately to protect the body from all foreign substances whatever they are. |
| Specific Defenses | more commonly called the immune system, mounts the attack against particular foreign substances. |
| Macrophages | a phagocytic cell particularly abundant in lymphatic and connective tissues important as an antigen presenter to T cells and B cells in the immune response |
| lymphocyte | are also strategically located in the lymph noes and respond to foreign substance in the lymphatic stream |
| immunity | Resistance to disease |
| phagocytes | A type of white blood cell that ingests invading microbes |
| Pathogens | Harmful or disease causing microorganisms |
| NK Cells ( Natural Killer cells) | A unique group of lymphocytes that " Police" the body in blood and lymph , that can lyse and kill cancer cells and viruses infects body cells well before the adaptive arm of the immune system is enlisted into fight |
| Inflammatory response | nonspecific response that is triggered whenever body tissues are injured by such things as physical trauma, intense heat, irritating chemicals, as well as infection by viruses and bacteria. |
| Histamine | Substance that causes vasodilation (widening of blood vessels) and increased visceral permeability |
| Kinins | Any of a group of substances formed in body tissue in response to injury. They are polypeptides and cause vasodilation and smooth muscle contraction |
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