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Date
Immune System Review
Terms
Diapedesis
Antigen-presenting cells
AMP
Antibody
IgD
IgG
IgE
B- cells
Memory cells
Plasma cells
Cytokines
Fever
Hapten
Immunogenicity
Inflammation
MHC 1 and 2
Mucus
Opsonization
PAMP
Pathogen
Phagocytosis
Reactivity
ROS
T-lymphocytes
CD4 cells
CD8 cells
Concepts
1. An infectious agent enters your body after cutting your finger. Describe the body responses put into
place to intercept and destroy the infectious agent.
2. What are some behavioral responses to systemic infection and how are they beneficial?
3. What is the difference between innate and acquired (adaptive) immunity?
4. What are antibodies and why are they so limited in their effectiveness against infectious agents?
5. What are allergies?
6. What are the major differences between the cellular and humoral immune responses?
7. How has the immune system been exploited for diagnostic work?
8. Why is fever beneficial in the long run?
9. How are immune cells “educated” to combat subsequent infections?
10. How do immune cells recognize the plethora of infectious agents that could possibly infect the
body?
11. What are the different types of white blood cells and their functions?
12. What is a differential WBC count and what does it tell us?
13. What characteristics of the skin prevent infection?
14. What’s the difference between a local and a systemic infection?
15. How are antibodies produced?
16. What’s the difference between a parasite and a pathogen?
17. Where are the immune cells produced?
18. Why is the lymphatic system so important to immunity?
19. What is herd immunity?
20. How has modern medicine changed the way infectious disease spreads through human populations?
21. How has social media impacted the way we think about disease?