5 Questions
What are the physical barriers in the body's defense system?
Skin, epithelial linings, and cilia
What are the two types of immune response?
Active and passive immunity
What are the steps in immune defense?
Detect invader/foreign cells, communicate alarm & recruit immune cells, suppress or destroy invader, discrimination of self from non-self
What is the main ability at the heart of the immune response?
The ability to distinguish between self and non-self
What is the quote emphasizing the importance of the immune system's ability to discriminate between foreign and host cells?
"The success of the immune system depends on its ability to discriminate between foreign (nonself) and host (self) cells. Survival requires both the ability to mount a destructive immune response against nonself and the inability to mount a destructive response against self."
Test your knowledge of immune system elements, types of immune response, active and passive immunity, immunoinformatics epitope prediction tools, eukaryotic cells, bacteria, viruses, body defenses, physical barriers, chemical defenses, and immune defenses in this informative quiz.
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