0
What part of the immune system does not target specific microbial invaders?
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Certain types of white blood cells (the "fighter" cells in the immune system) do not have specific microbial targets. Phagocytes engulf a wide range of "foreign" invaders and destroy them. A form of phagocyte, eosinophil, secrete enzymes and destroy a wide range of pathogens. Macrophages also destroy a wide range of microbial invaders rather than having particular targets. Non-phagocytic cells which are non-specific are Basophils and Mast cells, using chemicals to destruct foreign bodies and restricting blood vessels respectively.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe innate immune system
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is in the immune system?
The immune system is a system that protects your body from invaders such as bacteria viruses flu and other things without this we would all of died a long time ago.
Sentence with immune?
The immune system identifies, remembers, attacks and destroys disease-causing invaders or infected cells.
How does immune system maintain homeostasis?
The immune system is responsible for fighting foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria. Keep in mind the homeostasis the regulation of body in order to maintain and fairly constant condition. The immune system compensates for the changes that foreign invaders might have caused thus maintaining homeostasis.
What helps immune system recognize germs and reject them?
The body system that recognizes germs and "rejects" them is the immune system. There are many components to the immune system. Some components are specialized to recognize fungal invaders, some are specialized to recognize viral invaders, and others are specialized to recognize bacterial invaders. In general, the cells responsible for recognizing and destroying invaders are white blood cells.
What system does HIV affecT?
HIV effects the non specific immune system that is Acquired Immune System.
Can AIDS attack the circulatory system?
No. The virus is HIV and the disease is AIDs. It only attacks the immune system but that causes the immune system from destroying other invaders that cause various opportunistic infections.
What are the specific defenses in the immune system?
immune response
Why do antigens and antibodies cause issues with the transfer of blood?
Because they are seen as pathogen invaders by the immune system.
What is Another name for specific defense system?
Immune system
What is the function of the immune system?
The function of the immune system is to protect your body from infection by pathogens and foreign invaders, or what the body perceives as invading "germs". Your immune system works to identify pathogens and sometimes other unrecognized cells, like tumor cells, that could cause disease and then to eliminate them from your system. Your body's immune system has an incredibly difficult task in this because some of these pathogens can be "sneaky": they can redesign (mutate) themselves to trick the immune system into misidentifying them as harmless cells rather than appropriately treating them as foreign invaders.
How do antibodies maintain homeostasis?
The immune system is responsible for fighting foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria. Keep in mind the homeostasis the regulation of body in order to maintain and fairly constant condition. The immune system compensates for the changes that foreign invaders might have caused thus maintaining homeostasis.
What are the nonspecific in the immune system?
The body is made up of a specific defense system and nonspecific defense system. The nonspecific defense system is made up of inflammation, fevers, etc. The immune system is part of the specific defense system. This is because the lysosomes in this system bind to specific antigens and have a certain role to carry out. Therefore, there aren't nonspecific defenses in the immune system.
