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Specific immunity is controlled by two types of lymphocytes called?
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What specific regulators belong to the group of molecules called lymphokines that are produced by lymphocytes WBC are involved in specific immunity?
interleukins
What type of blood cell is responsible for immunity?
Specific immunity is also known as adaptive immunity or acquired immunity active or passive. There are two types of specific immune responses; humoral and cell mediated. Humoral immunity is mediated by B Lymphocytes that produce antibodies; forms of B lymphocytes are IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE. They primarily attach bacterial invaders Cellular immunity is mediated by T Lymphocytes and combat intracellular infections (such as viruses), monitor cellular disruptions like tumors or foreign tissues, and fight fungal infections.
What are lypthocytes?
Do you mean lymphocytes? Lymphocytes are white blood cells which make chemicals called antibodies. Antibodies destroy bacteria which get into the blood. They give us immunity to diseases.
In what two ways can a person become immune to an infectious disease?
After a person has had a disease, the lymphocytes remain to produce more antibodies for that pathogen if the disease is encountered again. This is called IMMUNITY.
What specific type of acquired immunity that a fetus obtains from maternal antibodies that cross the placenta is called?
Passive immunity because the antibodies pass from mother to fetus.
What is the difference between natural immunity and acquired immunity?
Naturally acquired immunity occurs through contact with a disease causing agent, when the contact was not deliberate, whereas artificially acquired immunity develops only through deliberate actions such as vaccination. they are both immunitys
When do lymphocytes become immunocompetent?
each lymphocyte must become able (competent) to recognize its one specific antigen bye binding to it. this ability is called immunocompetence.
What is the basic rhythm of breathing is controlled by?
The basic rhythm of breathing is controlled by part of the brain called the Medulla.
What kind of immunity do you receive from vaccines?
Innate immunity (also called nonspecific or natural immunity) refers to the inborn ability of the body to resist and is genetically transmitted from one generation to the next. This immunity offers resistance to any microorganism or foreign material encountered by the host. It includes general mechanisms inherited as part of the innate structure and function of each vertebrate and acts as the first line of defense. Innate immunity lacks immunological memory, i.e., it occurs to the same extent each time a microorganism or foreign material is encountered.
What produces antibodies that are use to fight infections?
B cells, or B-lymphocytes. They are a type of specialized white blood cell that functions in your immune system in what is called antibody-mediated immunity. They learn how to recognize foreign invaders and tell other immune system cells, like T cells, or T-lymphocytes, to go and destroy them.
Are the tiny sacs where gas exchange takes place called the lymphocytes?
No. They are called alveoli. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell.
What cells are part of both the circulatory system and the immune system?
WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS. White blood cells, or leukocytes, and platelets, or thrombocytes, are one of several components in blood. Platelets help the blood to clot at the site of an open wound. This functions to help in the body's first line of defense against forgein invaders. Leukocytes, for the most part, fight foreign invaders through phagocytosis - literally, eating cells. This could be bacteria, parasites, viruses, and protozoa. This is part of what's called "non-specific immunity." Secondarily, some of these leukocytes also respond to allergens, cancerous cells, and injured tissues in the body. Lymphocytes, one type of leukocyte, are a part of what's called "specific immunity." These cells respond to specific invaders, or antigens, by either creating antibodies to neutralize them or by initiating a general immune response (fever, inflammation, production of more lymphocytes). B-lymphocytes in particular will "remember" a specific antigen once that antigen is introduced. If the body encounters that antigen again, antibodies againsts that specific antigen will already exist to fight it off. This is the logic behind vaccination.
