Biology B1 1.5 Defence mechanisms.

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What does the body prevent from getting in?
Pathogens.
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How does the body defend against pathogens that enter?
Pathogens can be destroyed by white blood cells, pathogens are also trapped by mucus and killed by stomach acid.
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What are white blood cells part of?
The immune system.
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What are the three ways that white blood cells defend the body against pathogens?
They ingest pathogens, they produce antibodies and they produce antitoxins.
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What does white blood cells ingest pathogens mean?
This means they digest and destroy them.
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How does the antibodies produced by white blood cells defend the body against pathogens?
They help to destroy particular pathogens.
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How do the antitoxins produced by white blood cells defend the body?
They counteract the toxins (poisons) that pathogens produce.
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How are pathogens prevented from entering the body?
The skin stops them (also mucus and stomach acid).
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How do white blood cells defend the body?
They ingest pathogens, produce antibodies and produce antitoxins.
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***LOOK UP DIAGRAM OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS DEFENDING THE BODY****
**INGESTING BACTERIA, MAKING ANTIBODIES AND MAKING ANTITOXINS****
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