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The Immune System
Mrs. Munster
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Biology
9th Grade
12/01/2009

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Term
immune system
Definition
designed to defend you against millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and paracites (pathogens) that would love to invade to invade your body.
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immunity
Definition
the ability of the body to recognize, protect and defend itself from desease causing invaders called pathogens or antigens
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antigens
Definition
chemical markers that identify cells. Each cell has its own set of markers.
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antibodies
Definition
protiens recognized that recognize foreign substances (antigens) and try to nuetrilize or destroy them
Term
Antibodies are also found in ___________ and are transfered to the _____________.
Definition
Breast Milk, Baby
Term
innate immuniy
Definition
immunity an organism is born with, genetically determined.
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Acquired Immunity
Definition
immunity that an organism developes during lifetime, NOT genetically determined, naturally or artifically.
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Lymphatic system
Definition
network of vessels and nodes throughout the body
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Lymph
Definition
pale, yelow interstital fluid (similar to blood plasma)
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lymphatic vessel
Definition
collect fluid (lymph) that has "leaked" out of blood into tissues and returns it to circulation
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What does Lymph maintain?
Definition
The fluid balance in the body.
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Lymphnodes contain ____________ and _____________.
Definition
lymphocytes and macrophages
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What do lymphocytes and macrophages do?
Definition
They trap and destroy pathogens.
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Lymph nodes are everywhere except in the __________ _________ ___________.
Definition
Central Nervous System
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What are the two main functions of Lymph nodes?
Definition
1. They filter harmful particles of Lymph before it returns into the bloodstream.
2. Produce lymphocytes along with red bone marrow.
Term
The Lymphatic system runs next to the _________ ________.
Definition
Circulatory System
Term
Thymus
Definition
glandular organ near the heart - where T cells learn their jobs.
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Bone Marrow
Definition
blood-producing tissue located inside certain bones (blood stem cells tell which to make)
Term
Spleen
Definition
Filter for the blood

1. removes old and damaged red blood cells
2. removes infectious agents and uses them to activate cells called lymphochytes.
Term
mechanical damage
Definition
breaking a bone or tearing a ligament. Youre "sick."
and you can see it.
Term
Organ Degradation
Definition
organ damage or weakness (heart disease)
Term
Genetic disorder
Definition
error in DNA, little or too much of a certain protien. problem in cellular level. ALBINISM
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Cancer
Definition
cells change causing them to reproduce uncontrollably
Term
Bacteria
Definition
single celled organisms that do many things.
Term
Bacteria can reproduce _________ under _________ conditins.
Definition
rapidly, right
Term
Viruses are ________ than bacteria are require __________.
Definition
smaller, living hosts.
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Name some virus diseases:
Definition
Term
Name some bacterial diseases:
Definition
Term
Name some fungal diseases:
Definition
Term
Name some parasite diseases:
Definition
Term
What are the most common types of disease?
Definition
Bacterial and viral
Term
1st line defense. Give an example. How does it work?
Definition
Term
2nd line defense. What does the body do? What does it produce?
Definition
Term
3rd line defense. This is when the body becomes _____________ to what type of pathogen it is. It produces?
Definition
Term
Inflammitory response: What happens? What line defense?
Definition
Term
All white blood cells are also called ____________.
Definition
Leukocytes
Term
White blood cells act as individual ___________. They ________ and ________things on their own.
Definition
organisms, move and capure.
Term
The factory, ________________, is where white blood cells are produced.
Definition
Bone marrow
Term
Antibodies are _____-shaped and respond to specific _____________.
Definition
Y, antigens
Term
B cell
Definition
white blood cell that matures in bones and makes antibodies.
Term
T cell
Definition
immune cells that form in the bone marrow but mature in the thymus and that participate in many immune reactions mediated by cells.
Term
(Killer) T cells
Definition
attack foreign cells, holepunch cell membrane
Term
helper T cell
Definition
activate other T and B cells
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Suppresor T- cells
Definition
say yes to making of the T & B cells. Make sure normal tissue is not being destroyed
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memory T-cells
Definition
remain in blood stream and act quickly if pathogen comes again.
Term
What is Leukemia?
Definition
cancerous white blood cells, become anemic
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