BIOL-2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Natural Killer Cell, Adaptive Immune System, Humoral Immunity

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Immunity: ability of the body to resist many agents (both living and nonliving) that can cause disease; resistance to disease. Immune system: a functional system whose components attack foreign substances or prevent their entry into the body. Neutrophil: most abundant type of white blood cell. Macrophage: protective cell type common in connective tissue, lymphoid tissue, and many body organs; phagocytizes tissue cells, bacteria, and other foreign debris; presents antigens to t cells in the immune response. Monocyte: large single-nucleus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte. Phagosome: vesicle formed as a result of phagocytosis. Natural killer (nk) cell: defensive cell (a type of lymphocyte) that can kill cancer cells and virus-infected body cells before the adaptive immune system is activated. Inflammation: an innate (nonspecific) defensive response of the body to tissue injury; includes dilation of blood vessels and an increase in vessel permeability; indicated by redness, heat, swelling, and pain.

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