Immune System Functions
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| Organ system that recognizes foreign objects | Immune system |
| Organ system that makes antigens harmless | Immune system |
| Organ system that recognizes abnormal cells | Immune system |
| Coating antigen so it cannot bind to host cells | Neutralization |
| Process of walling off foreign objects | Granuloma formation |
| When a WBC engulfs a foreign object | Phagocytosis |
| Resistance to disease | Immunity |
| First line of defense, but without memory or specificity | Innate immunity |
| Immunity mediated by B and T cells | Adaptive immunity |
| Organ system that returns fluids to blood | Lymphatic system |
| Organ system used to transport dietary fats | Lymphatic system |
| Fluid between cells in tissues | Interstitial (tissue) fluid |
| Blockage of lymph vessels by roundworms | Filariasis |
| Smallest lymph vessels that collect fluids | Lymph capillaries |
| Take lymph towards lymph nodes | Afferent lymph vessels |
| Tale lymph away from lymph nodes | Efferent lymph vessels |
| Blood vesselx into which lymph drains | Subclavian vein (left & right) |
| Lymphatic structures that houses WBCs | Lymph nodes |
| Reason for lymphatic transport of dietary fats | Bypass liver |
| Palpable nodes | Cervical, axillary, epitrochlear & popliteal |
| A damaging immune reaction to a harmless object | Hypersensitivity |
| An immune reaction against self-molecules | Autoimmunity |
| An inadequate or insufficient immune response | Immunodeficiencies |
| Immune response against grafts & transplants | Transplant rejection |
| IgE-mediated hypersensitivity | Type I hypersensitivity |
| T-cell mediated hypersensitivity | Type IV hypersensitivity |
| Alleviates symptoms of the early allergic response | Antihistamine |
| Life threatening systemic hypersensitivity | Anaphylaxis |
| A dysfunction resulting in more frequent / persistent infection | Immunodeficiency |
| Immunodeficiency you are born with | Congenital immunodeficiency |
| Immunodeficiency obtained during one’s life | Acquired immunodeficiency |
| A virus that can cause immunodeficiency | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
| Allows the thymus to express peripheral tissue antigens | Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) |
| Cell suicide | Apoptosis |