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Ch 11: Lymphatic System

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Acquired immunity   How forms of specific immunity are acquired (Ex: natural active immunity, natural passive immunity, artificial active immunity, and artificial passive immunity)  
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)   Final stage of an HIV infection, in which the immune system fails to provide protection against pathogen  
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Anaphylaxis   Systemic vasodilation (system wide dilation of blood vessels) that occurs within a few minutes of exposure to an allergen and can cause a drop in blood pressure and even cardiac failure  
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Antigen-presenting cell (APC)   A cell that samples its environment and posts what it finds. (Ex: B cells and macrophages)  
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Cellular immunity   Form of specific immunity that involves Tcytotoxic cells directly attacking cells with a foreign antigen.  
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Chemotaxis   Process in which WBC’s move to where the concentration of chemicals from damaged tissues is the greatest  
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Complement system   20 inactive proteins (always present in the blood) that, when activated by the presence of a pathogen, initiate one of several pathways to ensure pathogen destruction.  
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Diapedesis   Process in which WBC’s crawl through vessel walls  
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Epitope   Antigen fragment  
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Humoral immunity   Form of specific immunity that involves B cells making antibodies to attack a foreign antigen. Also called antibody-mediated immunity  
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Interferons   Chemicals that are released by virally infected cells and encourage surrounding healthy cells to make antiviral proteins so that the virus will not invade them  
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Interleukins   Chemicals used by lymphocytes to communicate with one another  
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Lymph   Fluid that is derived from blood and is similar to plasma but has fewer proteins  
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Lymphadenitis   Condition in which a pathogen is under attack by a lymph node's lymphocytes, resulting in the lymph node becoming swollen and painful to the touch  
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHS)   Protein molecule used by antigen-present cells (APC) to display an epitope  
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Margination   Process in which WBC’s stick to the walls of dilated vessels in an inflamed area  
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Molecular mimicry   A situation in which one molecule is so similar in structure to another molecule that it is mistaken for the other molecule  
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Nonspecific resistance   Type of defense that works to fight a variety of pathogens without the need for prior exposure (consists of two lines of defense: external barriers & inflammation, antimicrobial proteins, fever, and other active attacks)  
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Pyrogen   Chemical that initiates a fever  
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Specific immunity   A line of defense that requires a prior exposure to a specific pathogen so the system can fight it off faster and stronger if the pathogen ever occurs in the body again (process is to recognize, react, and remember the pathogen)  
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