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  • What type of immunity protects the mechanisms the provide immediate, generic protection against any bacteria, toxin or other injurious particle
    nonspecific immunity
  • What are the categories of specific immunity?
    Natural (accidental), artificial (deliberate)
  • What are the external borders of nonspecic immunity?
    skin and mucous membranes
  • Specific immunity possesses the ability to _______ to newly encountered enemies
    adapt
  • What is the largest lymph organ in the body?
    spleen
  • How is specific immunity categorized?
    how the body is exposed to the agent
  • What rinses harmful substances from the eyes?
    tears
  • What traps foreign material entering the body through the respiratory tract?
    mucus
  • What system is the body's defense system against disease?
    immune system
  • When are symptoms of an illness most likely to occur?
    when the virus or bacteria first enters the body
  • What word is associated with one's own immune system?
    active
  • What happens if a body is introduced a second time by the same virus or bacteria?
    no serious symptoms occur
  • Specific immunity is AKA what?
    adaptive immunity
  • What is the protective mechanism that provide specific protection against certain types of bacteria or toxins called?
    specific immunity
  • Specific immunity involves _________ and the ability to ______ and ______ to certain harmful substances
    memory, recognize and respond
  • What word is associated with others immune systems?
    passive