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| What is humoral immunity? |
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| What is cellular immunity? |
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| -It is mediated by T cells which go around activated other cells using cytokines (like macrophages, B cells, and CTLs) |
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| What is passive immunity? |
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-As apposed to active (which involves memory), passive immunity is just when you inject someone with antibodies for something like a snake bite, or tetanus without their immune system having to make the antibody itself
-No memory |
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| What are the major immunoglobins os the primary and secondary immune responses? |
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-IgM (slightly more) and IgG slightly later for primary
-Both IgM and IgG for the secondary with IgG being by far the greater of the two
-IgG = MemORY |
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