Immune System

Immune System

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In your own words, what do you think a Pathogen is?

Pathogen

a harmful substance or disease-causing organism

Fear not!! We have an Immune system!

What is an Immune system?

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What is an Immune system?

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We have different ways in which we protect ourselves

Which line of defenses do you think is the first?

• Skins and mucus

• Phagocytes

• Medicine

• Antibodies

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What video game does this picture remind you of?

Multiple Choice

Which system has the primary function of fighting disease?

• circulatory

• integumentary

• immune

• respiratory

Multiple Select

Some examples of external defenses are...

• Skin

• Mucus

• Inflammation

• Saliva

• Sweat

Multiple Select

Pathogens are...

• Foreign substances that attack the body.

• White blood cells that attack foreign substances that enter the body.

• A type of internal defense mechanism in the immune system.

• Proteins that cause disease.

Multiple Choice

One of the most important functions of the skin is to

• carry food to body cells.

• protect the body.

• help the body move.

• let food into the body.

Multiple Choice

Pathogens are recognized by their...

• antigens
• antibodies
• killer t-cells
• B-cells

Multiple Choice

The picture below illustrates one internal part of the body’s immune system. What process is illustrated in the picture?  

• a skin cell destroying germs.
• inflammation near an opened wound
• a white blood cell destroying pathogens
• mucus in the lungs destroying pathogens

Multiple Choice

What are Lymphocytes?

• A type of red blood cell

• A nucleus

• A type of white blood cell

• Bone Marrow

Multiple Choice

Cells that ingest pathogens are

• plasma cells

• phagocytic cells

• helper T cells

• antibodies

Multiple Choice

T or F - A fever can help you fight infection.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

T or F - Viruses can be treated with antibiotics.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What is a "specialized white blood cell"?

• Pathogen

• Antibodies

• B-cells

• Lymphocyte

Multiple Choice

What attaches to antigens and tags the pathogen for destruction?

• Pathogen

• Antibodies

• B-cells

• Lymphocyte

Multiple Choice

Although vaccines cannot be used to treat a person who is sick, they can help to prevent infections. Vaccinations tell the body to create "memory cells", which will function later to create antibodies against certain pathogens. When a person is vaccinated, what are they injected with?

• antibodies to a disease bacterium

• live, inactive viruses

• weakened viruses or antigens from the virus

• blood from a person who has had the disease

Multiple Choice

White blood cells are an important part of the human immune response. Two types of white blood cells, neutrophils and macrophages, act as phagocytes. Phagocytes perform which of the following functions in the human body?

• They produce antibodies.

• They bind to antigens and develop into plasma cells

• They form a barrier against pathogens.

• They engulf and destroy bacteria

Multiple Choice

What is the term for a strong response to a harmless antigen in the environment?

• An allergy

• Cell-mediated immunity

• An autoimmune disease

• Inflammatory response

Multiple Choice

What is the function of antibodies within the immune system?

• Antibodies kill off any antigen that enters the body.

• Antibodies are only made when you are given a vaccination for specific antigens.

• Antibodies bind to specific antigens to flag for destruction.

• Antibodies are part of an external defense mechanism.

Multiple Choice

Pathogens are recognized by their...

• antigens
• antibodies
• killer t-cells
• B-cells

Multiple Choice

Cells that ingest pathogens are

• plasma cells

• phagocytic cells

• helper T cells

• antibodies

Multiple Choice

Cells that ingest pathogens are

• plasma cells

• phagocytic cells

• helper T cells

• antibodies

Multiple Choice

What chemical is released by the immune system in response to an allergen?

• Dopamine
• Histamine
• Insulin
• No clue

Multiple Choice

What is the virus that causes AIDS?

• Hardly Infected Virus
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Human Infected Virus
• Hate Infections Virus

Multiple Choice

What type of microbe is used in a vaccine?

• it doesn't really matter

• a damaged one

• a weakened or inactivated one

• a normal one

Multiple Choice

What type of microbe is used in a vaccine?

• it doesn't really matter

• a damaged one

• a weakened or inactivated one

• a normal one