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IMMUNE SYSTEM
TERMS
Term | Definition |
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COMPLEMENT | GROUP OF PROTEINS IN BLOOD SERUM & PLASMA THAT WORKS WITH ANTIBODIES TO DESTROY PARTICULATE ANTIGENS |
DENDRITIC CELL | ANTIGEN- PRESENTING CELLS THAT PROCESS ANTIGEN MATERIAL AND PRESENT IT TO T-CELLS |
IMMUNOGLOBULIN | AN ANTIBODY |
INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM | COLLECTION OF NONSPECIFIC BARRIERS AND CELLULAR RESPONSES THAT SERVES AS AN INBORN FIRST AND SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST PATHOGENS |
MACROPHAGE | LARGE WHITE BLOOD CELL THAT INGESTS FOREIGN MATERIAL |
MEMORY CELL | LYMPHOCYTE THAT RESPONDS TO AN ANTIGEN UPON REINTRODUCTION |
PHAGOCYTOSIS | INGESTION OF PARTICLES BY A CELL OR PHAGOCYTE |
PLASMA CELL | WHITE BLOOD CELL THAT PRODUCES A SINGEL TYPE OF ANTIBODY |
T-CELL | WHITE BLOOD CELLS THAT MATURE IN THE THYMUS AND PARTICIPATE IN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN VERTEBRATES | INNATE & ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
LYMPH NODES | CONTAIN LARGE NUMBER OF ANTIGEN- PRESENTING CELLS THAT CAN TRIGGER THE ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
ADAPTIVE IMMUNBE SYSTEM | KIND OF PASSIVE OR ACTIVE IMMUNITY IN WHICH ANTIBODIES TO A PARTICULAR ANTIGEN ARE PRESENT IN THE BODY |
ANTIBODY | BLOOD PROTEIN THAT COUNTERACTS A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
ANTIGENS | SUBSTANCES ON THE SURFACES OF AGENTS THAT ACT TO IDENTIFY THEM, TO THE BODY, AS BEING NATIVE OR FOREIGN |
ANTIGENS PRESENTING CELL (APC) | CELL THAT DISPLAYS FOREIGN ANTIGENS WITH MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEXES ON THEIR SURFACES |
ANTIMICROBIAL | SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS OR INHIBITS GROWTH OF MICRO-ORGANISMS WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE HOST |
B-CELL | LYMPHOCYTES THAT MATURE IN BONE MARROW AND MAKE ANTIBODIES IN RESPONSE TO ANTIGENS |
BARRIER | DIVIDER BETWEEN PARTS OF THE BODY |
PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERNS (PAMPS) | SHARED GROUPS OF RELATED MICROBES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THOSE ORGANISMS ARE NOT FOUND ASSOCIATED W/ MAMMALIAN CELLS |
TOLL-LIKED RECEPTORS (TLRs) | CLASS OF PROTEINS THAT PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
ANTIGEN PRESENTATION | PROCESS BY WHICH PROTEIN ANTIGEN IS PRESENTED TO LYMPHOCYTES IN THE FORM OF SHORT PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS |