Immune Cells

What is the role of the immune system?

• To pump blood throughout the body

• To protect the body from disease-causing agents

• To contain disease-causing organisms to a single area of the body

• To give Mr. Elwonger something to test us over

What are the two groups of the immune system?

• Acquired and Innate

• Acquired and Learned

• External and internal

• Complex and simple

The acquired immune system is...

• Always working to protect the body and doesn't require special preparation

• Needs to be "primed" before it can work to its full effectiveness

• Ineffective at protecting the body

• Only gained through artificial means, such as vaccinations.

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles

• get rid of waste from the body

• protect the body from pathogens

• move blood through the body

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...

• autoimmune diseases

• helper t-cells

• fever

• antibodies

The human body has both internal and external defense against disease.  Which of these includes only internal defenses?  

• hair and inflammation

• white blood cells and sweat

• inflammation and white blood cells

• skin and mucus

Which system has the primary function of fighting disease?

• circulatory

• integumentary

• immune

• respiratory

The immune system fights diseases. The circulatory system pairs with the immune system because ___.

• blood is made in the bones.

• plasma carries nutrients.

• red blood cells carry oxygen.

• white blood cells fight infection.

Thee large green structure with the antigen on its surface is a (an)

• antibody

• pathogen

• enzyme

• hormone

​ (a)   ​ ​produce ​ ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   engulf ​ (d)  

• lymphocytes

• antibodies

• phagocytes

• pathogens