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Human Physiology:
Unit 4A: Immune System
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Iowa State University
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Priscila Candal
BIOL 256
Dr. Krumhardt
March 29, 2012
1) Intrinsic Defense Systems include the _______which is the nonspecific defense system. It
includes:
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Intact _______and _________which are the First line of defense.
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The Second line of defense includes_____________, antimicrobial__________,
phagocytes and__________.
2) The adaptive system is a _________defense system, which is the _________line of defense.
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It mounts its attacks against _________foreign substances
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This system immediately / takes longer to react(s) than the innate system.
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Works in conjunction with the _________system.
3)Saliva and tears contains ______________ which is an enzyme that digests bacterial cell walls.
4) Innate immune system defenses include________________, which are most often
__________________, which resides in _____________to prevent infections.
5) Cancer cells and virus-infected body cells can be killed before activation of the immune
system by__________ __________ ______, which release ______________and other
_____________chemicals.
6) The redness and heat of an inflamed area are due to a local hyperemia caused by
__________________. This redness of the tissue is called_______________.
7) Signs of acute inflammation include ________________ __________________
_____________________ ________________________.
8) Neutrophils squeeze through capillary walls to begin phagocytosis by a process called
__________________, while ___________________ refers to the inflammatory chemicals that
attract neutrophils to the site of the injury.
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10) During fever, your liver and spleen sequester ________and________. This inhibits the
growth of ____________________.
11) Humoral immunity involves the production of___________________.
12)___ _________ __________________________________proteins are the molecules on your
macrophages are used to display antigen fragments for detection by your T-lymphocytes.
13) In the Adaptive Immune System ____________________oversee humor immunity and
produce ________________and mature in the________ _________ ______________, while the
_______________________are non-antibody-producing cells and are the _________
____________arm of immunity and they mature in the______________. After both type of cells
are mature they are___________________________ and _______ ___________cells.
14) Our __________ ultimately determine(s) what specific foreign substances our adaptive
immune system will be able to recognize and resist.
15) The only immunoglobulin to exist as a pentamer (containing 5 subunits) is Ig __, while ___
___ ___, ___ ___ ___, and ___ ___ ___are monomers and finally IgA is a _______.
16) When an anti-venom is injected into a snake bite victim, or when a newborn acquires
antibodies from the mother’s milk, they will develop an elevated antibody_________, but ___
________ memory.
17) A characteristics of the structure of ________________are that they are composed of heavy
and light polypeptide chains.