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Immune System
Important terms for the immune system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| passive immunity | immunity in which the antibodies that fight a pathogen come from another organism |
| active immunity | Immunity that occurs when a persons own immune system produces antibodies in response to the prescense of a pathogen |
| allergy | a disorder in which the immune system is overly sensetive to a foriegn substance |
| infectious disease | A disease that can be spread from one organism to another |
| immunity | The ability to resist a particular toxin by the action of specific antibodies |
| antibiotic | A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms |
| Pasteurization | Heating process that is widely used to kill microorganisms found in food |
| inflammatory response | certain type of white blood cell that leaks from the blood into tissue to fight the pathogens |
| Antigen | A toxin or other foriegn substance that induces an immune response in the body |
| vaccination | Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease |
| Allergen | a substance that causes an allergic reaction |
| Histamine | A heterocydic amine, that is released by cells in the response to injury and in allergic and inflammation reaction |
| pathogen | An organism that causes a disease |
| Immune response | It is the third line of defense |
| antibody | a chemical produced by the b cell, that fights a specific kind of pathogen |
| lymphocyte | A type of white blood cell surrounded in cytoplasm |
| T cell | Identifys a pathogen and distinguishes one kind of pathogen from another |
| allergy | A disorder in which the immune system is very sensitive to a foriegn substance |
| Vaccine | A substance that contains pathogens that have been weakened to trigger the immune system |
| B cell | A lymphocyte that produces a chemical to destroy a specific kind of pathogens |
| phagocyte | White blood cells that destroy pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down |
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