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lymphatic / immunity
antibodies, antivirals, and vaccines
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| immune system: 3 lines of defense | 1. includes skin and mucous membrane 2. includes macrophages (phagocytic white blood cells) 3. includes B and T cells (lymphocytes - specific type of white blood cells) |
| Antibiotics | target only bacteria, more specifically the infectious bacteria |
| different ways antibiotics destroy bacteria | damage bacterial cell walls, block the production of critical proteins that the bacteria may need |
| how antibiotics get into the body | prescribed in pill form by a doctor, injected by a syringe, by IV |
| break down the word "antibiotic" | anti - against bio - life |
| Vaccines | expose your body to an inactive form of a pathogen or a weakened form of pathogen |
| Instances where people cannot get vaccines | 1. immune system is already compromised, ex. illness 2. newborn babies, immune system n not yet strong enough to receive a vaccine 3. pregnant mother |
| Antivirals | designed to help target viruses |
| how antivirals get into the body | prescribed in pill form by a doctor, injected by a syringe, by IV; must be given in a certain amount of time after getting virus in order to work |
| downside to antibiotics | bacteria may mutate or change and the antibiotic may not be able to fight the bacteria off due to antibiotic resistance |
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