[BIOS 10106] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (101 pages long!)
29 Nov 2016
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Burns: degree of the skin to which cells have been destroyed. Third degree: very hard for our skin to regenerate itself at this point. Without the skin, we dehydrate quickly and are subject to a lot of infections. When are women most at risk for lupus during pregnancy because they are exposed to a lot of foreign antigens. Wherever the antigenic proteins are that"s where the disease is going to occur (simple as that) Producing so many antibodies, the antibodies inappropriately stick to and attack our tissues. If you"re old, you get strep throat much worse because your immune system is declining. Common cold- limit to the number of colds you can get in your life if your immune system stays in tact. Incidence of a cold declines over time as you get older even though your immune system declines.
