click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
exam notes 120 un 4
internal medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acquired immunity | immunity that has been acquired through exposre to an antigen or infectious agent |
| toxoid | a toxin that has been rendered harmless but still involes an antigenic response |
| antigen | the marker on cell surfaces that marks the cell as a "self-cell" it stimulates the productin of antibodies |
| antibodies | protiens contained within plasma cells that neutralize or destroy antigens; also know as immunglobulins |
| passive immunity | resistance that has been acquired through a transfer of antibodies from another person or animal or from mother to child |
| globulin | protien that is insoluble in water; immune globulins protect against disease |
| attenuated | an altered or weakened live vaccine made from the disease organism against which the vccine protects |