Immune System Study GuideNamePer.

  1. What does the Germ Theory state?
  2. List the types of pathogen that can cause infectious diseases
  1. Why are viruses considered non-living? a.

b.

  1. How are new viruses made?
  2. Name specific locations where immune cells collect.
  1. Explain two ways how fevers help to slow down the spread of infection.

a.

b.

  1. Explain why specific immunity is more effective than non-specific immunity.
  1. Describe the two ways in which B cells are activated.

a.

b.

  1. How do vaccines help you build immunity? Describe for both B cells and T cells. Be specific.
  1. Identify each system’s involvement in the immune response and include specific examples of structures or how each accomplishes its function.

System / Function / Example(s)
a. Skeletal
b. Integumentary
c. Digestive
d. Respiratory
e. Circulatory
f. Lymphatic

Lymphocytes

Where made? / Where develop? / Where located? / Function / Type of Immunity

11.B Cells

a. plasma cell
b. memory B cell

12.T Cells

a. helper T cell
b. CTL
c. memory T cell

Nonspecific Defenses

  1. line defense:
  2. block pathogen using
  3. block pathogen using
  4. line defense:
  5. ______: caused by damage to tissue
  6. ______: increases phagocytosis & denatures enzymes
  7. : protein to bring immune cells to injury site
  8. white blood cells
  9. ______: eats foreign particles, damaged cells & microbes
  10. ______: eats only microbes
  11. ______: kills virus-infected cells
  12. Specific Defenses: line defense
  13. ______immune response: uses B cells
  14. Purpose =
  15. ______on the B cell binds to the ______of the pathogen.
  16. The ______divides differentiates to form ______cells in order to mass produce ______.
  17. ______are formed for future defense.
  18. ______immune response: uses T cells
  19. Purpose =
  20. ______engulfspathogen, then wears pathogen’s ______on its surface
  21. ______releases cytokines when it binds with the carried by the ______
  22. Cytokines stimulate .
  23. ______kill infected cells.

Immune Disorders

HIV/AIDS causes the immune response to fail because:

1.

2.

A food/pollenallergy is a hypersensitive 3.______immune response that is triggered by the release of4.______by 5.______cells, resulting in 6.______and 7.______. Plant allergy occurs when the plant’s 8.______combines with 9.______, causing

10.______to kill 11.______, resulting in 12.______, 13.______, and 14.______.