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Created Jan 19, 2010
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What  is the Innate (non specific) defense syst
 
Defenses you are born with
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What is Adaptive (specific) defense system
 
attacks particular foreign substances
3
What is respiratory burst
 
speeding up cellular metabolism to make it burst. frees a deluge of free radicals which have...
4
NKC
 
large granular lymphocytes.  police the body. can lyse and kill cancer cells and virus-infected...
5
Parts of the 1st line of defense
 
Intact skin epidermis Intact mucous membranes (mucus, cilia, tears,urine)  
6
apoptosis
 
programmed cell death.
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opsonization
 
 to make tasty.  coats cell to provide handles to which phagoctye receptors can bind.
8
cardinal signs of inflammation
 
pain, swelling, redness, heat and pain.
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effects of inflammatory response
 
1.  prevents spread of damaging agenst to nearby tissues. 2.  disposes of cell debris...
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Histamine
 
granules of bsophils and mast cells; released in response to mechanical injury, presence of...

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