COPY: Immune System Basics Quiz

To protect the body from internal and external attacks from dangerous pathogens.

An agent that causes disease, such as a virus, bacterium, fungus, or protozoan.

First Line of Defense, Second Line of Defense, Third Line of Defense.

<p>Skin and mucous membranes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agents and mechanisms that challenge foreign threats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A specific immune response to the threat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Skin, mucus, gastric juice, and bacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acts as a mechanical barrier that physically inhibits entry of pathogens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acts as a chemical barrier that contains enzymes that destroy pathogens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Is an acidic fluid secreted by the stomach that kills many microbes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prevent harmful pathogens from surviving by taking up space and resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inflammatory response, phagocytosis, and other mechanisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process where nonspecific leukocytes engulf and break down any type of pathogens they encounter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of nonspecific responses to foreign agents that includes vasodilation and chemical alarms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They attack all pathogens the same way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Specific antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nonspecific.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nonspecific.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Specific.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>immune response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Humoral and cell-mediated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of organs and tissues that produce and store cells that fight infection and disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>B Cell and T Cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fight infections by forming antibodies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fight infections by destroying cells infected with viruses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The humoral response takes place in the blood and lymph and combats pathogens using B cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>memory cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cells that allow for a more rapid response if the same pathogens infect the body in the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attempts to destroy body cells infected by viruses, primarily involving T Cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Release lethal toxins when they encounter virus-infected cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>End the cell-mediated immune response to prevent T Cells from unintentionally attacking its own antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The body's ability to resist a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Results from memory cells being produced after fighting a certain pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Occurs when there is transfer of antibodies to an individual who has never been exposed to the pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Designed to build active immunity against a targeted pathogen by purposely exposing the body to a milder version of the pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers