Immunity

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Name 4 microorganisms?
-Viruses
-Bacteria
-Fungi
-Protocists
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What does a microorganism have to be to be 'pathogenic'?
-Enter the host
-Colonise tissues of host
-Evade the host's tissues
-Damage the host tissues
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What is an epidemic?
A disease spread through a population
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What is a pandemic?
A disease spread worldwide
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What are the 3 lines of defence?
-Physical barriers to entry
-Phagocytosis
-Specific immune response
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Name the 4 physical barriers to pathogen entry?
-Skin
-Tears&Saliva(enzyme lysozyme)
-Mucus(secreted by goblet cells)
-Hydrochloric acid(secreted in stomach)
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How can pathogens still enter the body?
Through broken skin(cut) or in the lungs/intestines
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How does an inflammatory response occur?
-Capillaries become leaky
-Plasma escapes
-Area becomes swollen
-Phagocytic white blood cells readily squeeze through the leaky capillary walls
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What are the 2 phagocytes?
Polymorphs & Macrophages
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-Enter the host
-Colonise tissues of host
-Evade the host's tissues
-Damage the host tissues

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