As Unit 2 Unit 2 Module Food and health

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What are the markers called on the outer membrane of a phagocyte?
Antigen
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What does an antibody do inside the body?
It attaches to foreign antigens that enter the body
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What happens when a phagocyte attaches itself to the pathogen?
Envelop the pathogen by folding its membrane inwards
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What is the vacuole called that the pathogen gets trapped into?
A phagosome
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What do lysosomes contain ?
Digestive enzymes
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What are the products after the pathogen is engulfed and digested?
Nutrients
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What do macrophages stimulate?
Immune response
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In an antibody what does the hinge region allow?
Allow a certain degree of flexibility
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What term is used when pathogens are stuck together and they cannot enter host cells ?
Agglutination
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What are antibodies produced in response to?
It is product in response to an infection
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What is the primary immune response ?
When antibodies in the blood rises to a level that can combat an infection
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The communication between cells that allows effective coordination of a response?
Cell signalling
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What are cytokines ?
Hormones
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What happens when an antigen is detected?
Lymphocytes are activated
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What does an antibody do inside the body?

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