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Chapter 16
nonspecific host defenses and host systems
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12th Grade
04/12/2012

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specific defenses
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respond to particular agents called antigens, they are like viruses and bacteria, antibodies are produced
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nonspecific defenses
Definition
act against any kind of invading agent, can act before specific take effect
*physical barriers: inflammation
*chemical barriers: fever
*cellular defenses: molecular defenses
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nonspecific defenses
Definition
act against any kind of invading agent, can act before specific take effect
*physical barriers: inflammation
*chemical barriers: fever
*cellular defenses: molecular defenses
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skin- epidermis
Definition
many layers of dead cells. water proof keratin
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normal flora
Definition
competition and metabolic products (fatty and lactic acid would lower pH of our skin
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dermis
Definition
sebaceous glands- sebum
(made of organic acids and lipids
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sweat glands
Definition
release sweat and lowed pH
raises salt level
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mucous membrane
Definition
line tissues and organs that are exposed o the environment.
secrete mucus- trap pathogens
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cellular defenses
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take over when physical barriers are breached.
includes he formed elements and leukocytes
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formed elements
Definition
erythroctes; red blood cells (RBC)
platelets- cell pars or fragments that function in clotting
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leukocytes
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WBC (white blood cells)
2 groups- granulocytes- have grainy cytoplasm and a lobed nucleus
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basophils
Definition
release histamine and causes inflammatory response
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eosinophils
Definition
present in large numbers during allergic reactions
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neutrophils
Definition
PMNL's (polymorphonuclear laukocytes) the respond the quickest after damage occurs
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cytokines
Definition
soluble proteins that cause macrophage chemotaxis
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digestion
Definition
the phagosome bind with a lysosome (defensins perforate microbe) to make a phagolsosome
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agranulocytes
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lack a grainy cytoplasm and have round nuclei
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lymphocytes
Definition
conribute to specific host immunity (antibodies). B and T types
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monocytes
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they come from lymphoid stem cells and are phagocytic and will become macrophages
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macrophages
Definition
"big eaters", fixed vs. wandering
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fixed macrophage
Definition
stationary in tissue and are named according to where they are found. ex) histiocytes, kupffer cells, microglial cells, osteoclasts
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histiocytes
Definition
found in connective tissue (ex. cartillages)
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kupffer cells
Definition
found in liver
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microglial cells
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found in nervous system
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osteoclasts
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found in bone
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wandering
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circulate in the blood loking for microbes. Nurophils
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cytokines
Definition
soluble proteins that cause macrophage chemotaxis
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phagocytosis
Definition
engulfing, digesting and destroying invading microbes or foreign particles. (ex. chemotaxis, adherence, ingestion, digestion)
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chemotaxis
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the movement of phagocytes to damaged area. Response o cytokines (soluble proteins that attract microphages)
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adherence
Definition
stick to it, ability of phagocyte to bind to surface molecules on the microbe.
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ingestion
Definition
when pseudopods surround he organism and enclose i in a phagosome
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digestion
Definition
the phagosome bind with a lysosome to make a phagolysosme (defensins perforae microbe) chemicals released in microbe make hole
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RESISTANCE
Definition
1. capsules that elude phagocytes (plague). prevents adherence
2. after ingestion, prevent fusion of lysosome with phagosome by existing in a parasitophorous vesicle.
3. produce toxins that kill phagocytes (leukocidin- staph, strepolyson- strep)
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extracellular killing
Definition
eosinophils- excrete enzyme called MBP (major basic protein) that perforates larger microbes allowing macrophages to work. Natural killer (NK) cells
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natural killer (NK) cells
Definition
recognize cells that are infeced by viruses and only kill that cell
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inflammation
Definition
body's defensive response to damage from microbial infection (also mechanical injury ect)
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acute inflammation
Definition
the host defenses will usually defeat the microbe
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damage causes release of histamine
Definition
causes vessels to dialate and become more permiable, increase permiability and cause edemn (swelling), increase blood supply, increase redness, increase pressure, release of cloting factors (platletes and fibrin)
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antihistimines
Definition
alleviate above symptoms by keeping histamine away from its receptors
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abcess
Definition
accumulation of puss in a cavity created by tissue damage. Healing is constantly occuring during inflammation. Young people heal faster because reasons.
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chronic inflammation
Definition
neither the host nor the microbe defeats. Continues for a long time. Host defenses limit or confine agent in a granuloma
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granuloma
Definition
a pocket of issue surrounding and walling off an infectious agent (ex. tuberculosis)
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fever
Definition
the systemic increase in body temperature
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normal
Definition
37 degrees (98.6)
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rarely exceeds
Definition
40 degrees c (104.5)
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over
Definition
43 C (109 F)
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temperature is regulated by
Definition
the hypothalamus (part of brain)
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pyrogen
Definition
any substance that causes fever
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exogenous
Definition
endotoxins and endooxins. Cause macrophages to release ensogenious pirogens
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endogenous
Definition
cytokine called interleukin 1 causes prostoglandins to be released which re adjusts the hypothalimus (causing fever). Body temp is raised and chills
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interferon
Definition
proein released from a virus infected cell that prevents oher cells from being infected
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complement
Definition
group of regulatory proteins that circulate in the blood in an inactive form. Activated by antigen- antibody complexes. Triggers opsonization, phagocitosis, inflammation
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opsonins
Definition
a special antibody that binds an infectious agent marking it for phagocyosis
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interferon
Definition
protein released from a virus infected cells that prevents other cells from being infected.
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eyes
Definition
eyelashes and eyelids, prevent foreign objects from reaching cornea
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conjunctiva
Definition
mucus membrane- on inner eyelid
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lacrimal gland
Definition
responsible for releasing tears, flushing, contain lysosome
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respiratory system
Definition
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upper tract
Definition
nasal cavity and sinuses, protected by mucus membrane. Pharynx, larynx, trachea, and bronchi. large population of normal flora. Mucus membrane.
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mucociliary escalator
Definition
action of silia that move material to the pharynx to swallow or spit out
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lower tract
Definition
bronchioles and alveoli should be sterol
Alveolar macrophages take care of anything getting past the upper tract
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digestive tract
Definition
contains musin that coats everything, preventing it from attaching
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mouth
Definition
saliva, contain antibodies and lysozome
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stomach
Definition
hydrocloric acid and pepsin
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liver
Definition
detoxifies and has phagocytes called kupffer cells
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small intestine
Definition
lower end contains lymphocites and macrophages that prevent microbe entrance from large inestine
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large intestine
Definition
normal flora- competition
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*vomitting and diarrhea rid the body of toxins and pathogens
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nervous system
Definition
normally sterile. Have phagocytes called microglial cells
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urogenital system
Definition
sphincters- mechanical barriers- flow of urine- low pH
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