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What is the medical term meaning a foreign substance?
The medical term for a foreign substance is "antigen." An antigen is any substance that the immune system identifies as foreign and triggers an immune response.
A substance that stimulate the immune system to release antibodies is called?
vaccineinoculantadjuvantantigen
Which system relates to the body's defense mechanisms against infection disease and foreign substance?
the immune system
How often does the immune system produce antibodies?
When a foreign substance enters the body.
What is responsible for complex response to the invasion of the body by foreign substance?
Immune System
Strong reaction of the immune system to a foreign substance?
its an allergy, or an allergic reaction
A disorder in witch the immune system is overly sensitive to a foreign substance?
an allergie
How does the immune response work?
Lymphocytes
What is the first defense to react when your body is attacked by a foreign substance?
The first defense is nonspecific.
Which system is to prevent foreign substances from entering the body to attack foreign substances that are in the body?
The Immune System is the defense network of the body. The immune system works with specific receptors on specialized cells - detecting foreign bodies and signaling for the immune system to destroy them.
What does an antigen do?
An antigen is a foreign body. It is used as a "template" to begin an appropriate immune response.
What foreign substance elicits an immune response?
Any sort of "foreign" substance can, and most often will, elicit an immune response under certain curcumstances--provided the immune system is healthy. This would include bacteria, viruses and fungi. Related: An unhealthy, or compromised immune system can act in all sorts of undesirable ways, ranging from low response to threat or injury to actually creating antibodies to attack its own system or other organs and tissue.
