Innate and Acquired Immunity

​Innate Immunity

​This is the first immune response to an unwanted invader. It is a rapid immune mechanism that recognizes a limited number of molecular patterns in disease-causing microbes or pathogens. To activate, pattern recognition receptors must identify the foreign elements. This mechanism lacks specificity and memory. You are born with innate immunity naturally.

​Different types of barriers of the innate immunity:

Anatomical: skin and mucous membranes on the inside of the body.

Physiological: temperature, heartburn, and chemical mediators.

​Homework: research on the other two types: Endocytic and Phagocytic cells

Inflammation