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Immune system

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    Infectious and non-infectious diseases. Immunity and the immune response
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  • What do B cells do?
    Produce antibodies
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  • Two types of immunity
    innate and acquired
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  • Which diseases are caused by pathogens, and usually contagious?
    Infectious diseases
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  • Which immune system are you born with?
    Innate
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  • What are pathogens?
    Any microrganisms, such as a virus or a bacterium that can cause disease
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  • Which diseases are caused by the environment or a genetic disorder, and not contagious?
    Non-Infectious Diseases
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  • Which system produces immune cells?
    skeletal system
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  • What does the immune system do?
    It provides a general defense against harmful microrganisms and substances
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  • Bacterial infections can be treated with
    antibiotics
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  • It is an infectious microbe consisting of a segment of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat
    virus
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  • What are the four main types of pathogens?
    Viruses, Bacteria, Protozoa, and Fungi
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  • Which white blood cells are the antibody factories?
    B cells
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  • When you are immune to a disease, what does that mean?
    You will not contract the disease
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  • Name one cell that belongs to the specific (adaptive) immune system
    Memory T-cells, Memory B-cells, lymphocyte Th, Tc, lymphocyte B
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  • What initiates an immune response?
    An antigen
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  • What type of organism causes measles?
    A virus
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