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Your body has different ways to act, depending on the type of pathogen.
Many extracellular pathogens get attacked by antibodies, witch stick to the surface of the pathogen and can prevent the uptake of nutrients or from attaching to cells of your body. In many cases these antibodies also facilitate the uptake of pathogens by macrophages, who will digest them. In both cases the pathogen will die and thus be inactivated. The remains can be broken down in your body to serve as nutrients just as any type of food would.
Intracelluar pathogens are removed by killing the cells that host them. This happens by inducing cell lysis in these cells through the formation of pores in the cell membrane or interactions with Natural Killer Cells. The host cells will die and the pathogen will not be able to replicate, the celldebris is broken down to its building blocks (amino acides, nucleic acids e.d.) and recycled by the body.
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What system protects your body from germs?
Defends the body after it has been invaded by a microscopic organism
Why do mosquito bites form bumps?
This is what I pulled from another site. "After the bite, some saliva of the mosquito remains on the wound. The proteins present in the saliva evoke an immune response in the body. The area that is bitten swells up and is called the wheal. After some time, the swelling goes away but the bitten area will continue to itch until the immune cells of the body break down the saliva proteins.
The purpose of the body's immune system is to protect the body from?
Immune system protects the body from any type of foreign antigen or pathogen which can cause disease. It also protect from particles to cause disease in human body.
Which Body system that protects the body from viruses and diseases?
Your immune system :D If we must have protection against diseases, a strong immune system is paramount for wellness and preventative healthcare it the answer was helpfulll write me a message' :D The Immune System.
Where are t-cells located in the body?
There in the Immune System
What does the immune system do for the body?
the immune system protects the body from invading pathogyns
What body systems protects the body against foreign substances?
The name of the system is lymphatic system.
What happens when the body cannot differentiate between pathogens and body cells?
The immune system will target the body's own cells
What is the medical term meaning defenders of the body?
The immune system comprises the body's defenses.
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.
This the body will get?
An immune system.
Can a body be immune to radiation?
No it can not.
What body system does the immune cell belong to?
It belongs to the immune system.
What is the body's defense system?
It would be their immune system.
Which body system does not work with the immune system to regulate internal body function?
The digestive system does not work with the immune system to regulate body functions.
Which body system does not work with the immune system to regulate internal body functions.?
The digestive system does not work with the immune system to regulate body functions.
Which body system does not work with immune system to regulate internal body functions?
The digestive system does not work with the immune system to regulate body functions.
