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6.3 Vocab
IB Bio Topic 6.3 Vocab defintions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome | a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy |
| Antibiotic Resistance | the ability of bacteria or other microbes to resist the effects of an antibiotic |
| Antibody | A protein molecule produced in response to a specific type of pathogen |
| Antigen | a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies |
| Antheroma | A buildup of plaque in your arteries |
| Cascade | A succession of stages |
| Causation | The capacity of one variable to influence another |
| Clotting | The series of chemical processes that occur in the body that leads to the formation of a clot |
| Correlation | A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things |
| Coronary thrombosis | A blockage of the flow of blood to the heart, caused by a blood clot in a coronary system |
| Disease | A disorder of structure or function |
| Fibrin | An insoluble protein present in blood plasma, from which fibrin is produced by the action of the enzyme thrombin |
| Human immunodeficiency virus | The virus that eventually results in a collection of symptoms called AIDS |
| Lysozyme | An enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, occurring notably in tears and egg white |
| Memory Cell | A long-lived lymphocyte capable of responding to a particular antigen on its reintroduction, long after the exposure that prompted its production |
| Mucus | A slimy substance, typically not miscible with water, secreted by mucosus membranes and glands for lubrication, protection, etc |
| Non-specific immunity | A set of defenses effective against all the invaders |
| Pathogen | Any living organism or virus that is capable of causing a disease |
| Penicillin | an antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue molds |
| Phagocyte | A type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles |
| Retrovirus | Any of a group of RNA viruses which insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate |
| Sebum | an oily secretion of the sebaceous glands |
| Thrombin | an enzyme in blood plasma which causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin |
| Fibrinogen | a soluble protein present in blood plasma, from which fibrin is produced by the action of the enzyme thrombin |
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