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Health and the immune system

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  • Who is the recipient and the donor in an allogeneic transplant?
    Different people.
  • What type of lymphocytes produce antibodies?
    B-cells or B lymphocytes
  • Which are the main complications in a transplant?
    Rejection and infection.
  • Disease that affects a very large geographical area or even all parts of the world.
    Pandemic.
  • The skin is a .... surface barrier
    Physical
  • Blood is donated in a procedure called...
    Transfusion
  • Term used to name the person, animal o microorganism that carries and transmitis the agent pathogen.
    Vector.
  • Name the biological structures that people can donate to another person.
    Cells, tissues and organs.
  • When a disease is caused by fungi, the treatment used are...
    Antifungals
  • How many types of surgace barriers are there? Name them.
    Physical. chemical and biological barriers.
  • When a disease is caused by bacteria, the treatment used are...
    Antibiotics.
  • Which type of response is carried out by lymphocytes?
    Specific immune response
  • Vaccines are biological preparations made of...
    weak or dead virus or bacterias.
  • What is the name of the response which is activated when a pathogen crosses the first barrier?
    Non-specific response.
  • How many types of lymphocites are there? Name them
    Two : T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes.
  • Name the ways in which pathogens can enter a person´s body.
    Skin, resporatory, digestive and genital tract.
  • What is the function of phagocytes?
    Ingest and destroy the pathogens.
  • When lymphocytes are activated by the antigens, they produce...
    Antibodies
  • According to the ONT (National Transplant Donation), which is the firts country in donating organs and transplants?
    Spain.
  • Which particle do lymphocites recognize to fight agains them?
    Antigens
  • What type of molecules are antibodies?
    Proteins.