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| Which parts forrm the immune system? |
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| The spleen, thymus, lymphatic nodes and white blood cells. |
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| What are the 2 kinds of cells which form the immune system? |
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Definition
1. Phagocytes
2. Lymphocytes |
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| Cells which eat/engulf the microorganisms and digest them with the help of lysosomes. |
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| What are the 2 kinds of Lymphocytes? |
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| T. Killer Lymphocytes and T. Helper Lymphocytees |
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| What are T. Killer Lymphocytes? |
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| Cells that break the cell membrane of pathogens or detoxify the toxic material. |
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| What are T. Helper Lymphocytes? |
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| Cells that activate the phagocytes and B. Lymphocytes to take action against the anitgens. |
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| They may be proteins, lipids, glycolipids, carbohydrates, or any other toxic substance. Antigenss are any parrticles which are considered as foreign particles by the human immune system. |
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| They are composed of proteins and react against the foreign particles (antigens). Antibodies are specific in their reaction. |
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| What is the transplant of organs? |
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| When organs like heart or kidneys are transplanted. |
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| What does the body's immune system do, when there is a transplant? |
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| It will produce antibodies against it and start rejecting it, because all human beings have different tisssues except identical twins. |
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| What do immunosupprressive drugs do? |
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| They are given to patients to suppress the immune system. |
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| Why should patients with transplants be isolated? |
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| They should prevent other diseases from occuring. |
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