Describe the difference between nonspecific and specific immunity.
Describe how the skin & mucous membranes are the first line of nonspecific defense.
Describe the following internal mechanisms of nonspecific defense: phagocytosis, natural killer cells, inflammatory response.
What is complement?
What is interferon?
How are fevers initiated? Why is fever good?
What are general characteristics of specific immunity?
What is the difference between the humoral immune response and cell-mediated immune response?
What is immunocompetence?
What is the difference between B & T lymphocytes?
What are antigens?
What are antibodies? What are some of the antibody classes? How do antibodies work?
Which class of antibodies can cross the placental barrier?
Describe the process of the humoral immune response, from B-lymphocyte activation to plasma-B lymphocyte and memory-B lymphoctye production.
Describe the process of the cell-mediated immune response, from macrophage activation to the production of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and cytotoxic memory T-lymphocytes.
Describe the role of helper T-lymphocytes in immunity, and how they are formed.
Describe the problem of transplantation with regard to cell-mediated immunity. How is this problem overcome?
Describe the following immunodeficiency diseases: SCID and AIDS.
Describe hypersensitivity.
What is an autoimmune disease? What are some examples? Treatments?
What is a vaccination? Gammaglobulin injection? What are advantages and disadvantages of each?