Body Defences
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| First line defences | Mucous membranes, normal flora, PH, extractions, respiratory system |
| Normal flora | Microorganisms which normally inhabit the human body and do not cause disease in normal circumstances |
| Transient flora | Those that we pick up and deposit on other surfaces and are more likely to cause infection. |
| Mucous membranes | Lines cavities that communicate with the exterior of the body, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract |
| PH | Stomach - PH2 skin - PH5 vagina - PH4 |
| Extreation | Tears, sweat, urine, flushing action |
| Respiratory system | Hairs in the nose trap inhaled dust and foreign particles, providing them from moving down cilia lining the air passages beat upwards constantly to move mucus and trapped microbes away from the lungs to throat |