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Immunology
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Biology
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01/14/2007

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Term
Humors-Earth
Definition
Bodily Humors-black bile
Term
Humors-Air
Definition
Bodily Humors-blood
Term
Humors-Fire
Definition
Bodily Humors-yellow bile
Term
Humors-Water
Definition
Bodily Humors-phlegm
Term
2 types of immunity
Definition
-innate immunity
-adaptive immunity
Term
Innate Immunity
Definition
-born with it
-natural-everyone has it
-same in most people
-epithelial barriers
-phagocytes
-natural killer cells
-responds initially to a threat; quickly
Term
Adaptive Immunity
Definition
-acquired; have to encounter before becomes adaptive
-B lymphocytes-->antibodies (humoral)
-T lymphocytes-->Effector T cells
Term
Humoral
Definition
Extra cellular microbes-->B lymphocytes-->secreted antibodies
Term
specificity cells
Definition
ability to recognize and respond to many different microbes
Term
memory cells
Definition
enhanced responses to recurrent or persistent infections
Term
Specialization
Definition
responses to distinct microbes are optimized for defense against these microbes
Term
Cells of Immune System (IS)
Definition
-lymphocytes
-Antigen-presenting cells
-Effector Cells
-Lymphoid tissues
Term
lymphocytes
Definition
-small lymphocytes
-large lymphocytes
Term
small lymphocytes
Definition
-8-10 micrometers
-B-cells
-T-lymphocytes
Term
B-cells
Definition
-bursa of Fabricus
-bone marrow-derived cells
-produce antibodies
-antigen specific
-increase in number-secondary response
-antigen receptors on their surface
Term
T-lymphocytes=thymus (heart)
Definition
-regulate to protein antigens ONLY
-increase in numbers
-effector cell for cell mediated immunology (CMI)
-antigen receptors on surface
-secrete cytokines=hormones of IS
Term
Large lymphocytes
Definition
-natural killer cells (NK cells)
Term
Natural Killer Cells (NK cells)
Definition
-non T/non B markers
-part of the innate IS
-eliminate tumor cells/virus infected cells
-antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC)
Term
Antigen-presenting cells-accessory cells
Definition
-capture of antigens for display to lymphocytes
-mononuclear cells
-macrophages
-dendritic cells
Term
mononuclear cells
Definition
-phagocytes in innate immunity
-bone marrow derived
-release cytokine
+monocytes (10-15 micrometers)
+bean-shaped nucleus
-circulating
Term
macrophages
Definition
-fixed in tissues
+Kupfer cells (liver)
+microglea
+osteoplast
Term
dendritic cells (DC-accessory cells)
Definition
-trap antigens send lymphnodes (T/B cells)
-interdigitating dendritic cells (1st line of defense
+respiratory, skin, oral
-follicular DC-germinal centers of lymphoid tissues
+help activate lymphocytes
Term
effector cells
Definition
-granulocytes-contain cytoplasmic granules-not accessory cells
Term
granulocytes
Definition
-neutrophils
-eosinophils
-basophils/mast cells
Term
neutrophiles
Definition
-polymorphonuclear (PMN)
-phagolytic cell
-multiple lobed nucleus
-predominant cell type in acute inflammation
Term
eosinophils
Definition
-receptor for IgE (allergic rxns)
-allergic rxns/killing helminths (worms)
Term
basophils/mast cells
Definition
-IgE receptors
-mediate immediate hypersensitivity
+anophylactic shock
Term
Lymphoid Tissues
Definition
-tissues on organs in which lymphocytic cells originate, mature and differentiate
-primary lymphoid tissues
-secondary lymphoid tissues
Term
primary lymphoid tissues
Definition
-central/generatice tissues
-bone marrow
+hematopoiesis
+B cell maturation occurs/ no T cell
maturation
-thymus-cortex/medulla
+T cell maturation=T cell "education"
Term
Secondary lymphoid tissues
Definition
-segregation between B and T cells
-lymph node
Term
lymph node
Definition
-T and B cells
-FDC
-macrophages
-bean shaped
-lie along lymphatics
-neck, axillae, groin, aorta
-"sample lymph"; looking for protein
antigens
-lymphatic vessels-drain fluid from
tissues
-anything that enters a tissues will go
through a lymph node
Term
Functions of Lymph Nodes
Definition
-phagocytic-filter/phagocytize particular
matter
-antigen presenting cells (APC)-present
antigens to B/T cells
Term
Structures of Lymph Nodes
Definition
-cortex/germinal centers/follicles-B cells
-Paricortex-next to the cortex; T cells
-medulla-macrophages
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