ATI A&P - Immune System question well answered 2023/2024

Adaptive immune system - answerskind of passive or active immunity in which antibodies to a particular antigen are present in the body antibody - answersa blood protein that counteracts a specific antigen antigen - answerssubstances on the surface of agents that act to identify them to the body as being foreign antigen presenting cells - answersa cell that displays foreign antigens with major histocompatibility complexes on their surfaces antimicrobial - answerssubstance that kills or stops growth of micro-organims w/ minimal damage to the host B-cell - answerslymphocytes that mature in bone marrow and make antibodies in respond to antigens complement - answersgroups of proteins in blood serum and plasma that works with antibodies to destroy particular antigens dendritic cell - answersantigen presenting cell that process antigen matierla and PRESENT IT TO TCELLS innate immune system - answerscollection of nonspecific barriers and cellular responses that serve as an inborn first and second life of defense against pathogens macrophage - answerslarge WBC that ingests foreign material memory cell - answersa lymphocyte that responds to an antigen upon reintroduction phagocytosis - answersingestion of particles by a cell or phagocyte T-Cells - answersWBCs that mature in the thymus and participate in immune response cytokines - answersactivate helper t-cells