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The body triggers an immune response because it detects a foreign object in the body. It is the same concept of a splinter. The body detects it and tried to push it out because it knows it isn't supposed to be there. your brain isn't trained to know that an organ transplant is to help the body out so it just sees it as an invader
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoWhen an organ from one person is transplanted into another person, there are slight differences on the surfaces of the cells from the original organ and the new organ. The immune system is designed to distinguish between self and non-self. The new organ is non-self. As a result, a new organ may be attacked by the immune system.
The immune system tries to kill the cells in the transplanted organ. An interesting thing can happen in the liver. The liver constantly regenerates itself. Sometimes when the immune system attacks a transplanted liver, the person's own stem cells move to the liver and start replacing the destroyed cells. Eventually the liver becomes totally made of the persons own cells. One woman's liver became made from her child's cells and one from her husband's.
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What is a functional system but not an organ system?
the immune system
What organ make up the immune system?
what organs make up the immune system
Is appendix possibly an immune system organ?
no its not.
What organ is not part of the immune system?
Brain
What is considered a functional system rather than an organ system?
Immune System.
What organ system does the thymus belong to?
The lymphatic / immune system and the endocrine system.
Is the immune system a organ?
No, the immune system is not an organ. It is a system in your body that fights of viruses that enter your body. And example of an organ is a heart, or liver. The immune system are cells that fight off viruses that can make you sick.
Give an example of an organ system?
The reproduction system, the digestive system, the immune system.
Agent that supresses the immune system?
If you're asking what medications supress the immune system, steriods supress the immune system, as do medications given to organ transplant recipients.
Which organ system include the splene and tonsils?
Hematologic / Lymphatic / Immune system.
What organ system helps get rid of germs?
The immune/lymphatic system(s)
Reactions of animal to human organ transplantation?
Animal to human organ transplantation does not work. However if the animals' organs have been genetically altered to be suited to organ transplantation, then it is a realistic alternative to using human organs, which are always in short supply.
